Ex-DIA analyst who leaked classified material to reporters sentenced to 30 months in prison
6/19/2020, 12:28:56 PM · by bitt · 21 replies
justthenews.com ^ | 6/18/2020 | Alex Nitzberg
A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) analyst who repeatedly divulged classified information to journalists was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison. Henry Kyle Frese, a counterterrorism analyst from February 2018 to October 2019 before he was arrested, apologized to a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., for his conduct and said his motive for leaking was to advance relationships, including one with a reporter whom he was dating at the time. “It was never for personal gain or out of anger. It was never for political reasons,” said Frese, who previously pleaded guilty to leaking national secrets to two journalists...
Former Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Information to Media
2/20/2020, 9:00:32 PM · by E. Pluribus Unum · 22 replies
The Epoch Times ^ | February 20, 2020 Updated: February 20, 2020 | Janita Kan
A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) employee has pleaded guilty to charges related to the leaking of classified information to two journalists, the Justice Department (DOJ) said. Henry Kyle Frese, 31, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the willful transmission of top-secret national defense information to journalists. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Frese was arrested when he arrived to work at a DIA facility in Virginia in October last year where he worked as a counterterrorism analyst. The 31-year-old—who held top-secret government security clearance—was accused of helping the journalists research information on a classified United States government computer...
“....his motive for leaking was to advance relationships, including one with a reporter whom he was dating at the time. “It was never for personal gain”....
I believe giving away National Intelligence in order to play hide the pepperoni qualifies as seeking a personal gain.