Posted on 10/10/2019 5:53:25 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that a counterterrorism analyst has been arrested for leaking classified information to members of the media, including one person with whom he was apparently romantically involved.
Law enforcement took Defense Intelligence Agency official Henry Kyle Frese, 30, into custody Tuesday morning when he arrived at work. He has been indicted in federal court in Virginia.
Frese, who had top-secret clearance, is accused of leaking classified material regarding a foreign nation’s weapons system to two reporters last year and this year.
One of the reporters Frese leaked to was involved in a romantic relationship with him at the time and even lived with him, according to prosecutors. She wrote at least eight articles based on information drawn from at least five leaked intelligence reports, the DOJ said.
“The unauthorized disclosure of TOP SECRET information could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave harm to the national security of the United States,” the department said in a statement.
While the reporters are not named, tweets attributed to the journalists in the indictment match those of CNBC reporter Amanda Macias and NBC News reporter Courtney Kube, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain,” John Demers, the head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division told reporters regarding the arrest.
“Henry Kyle Frese was entrusted with TOP SECRET information related to the national defense of our country,” stated G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Frese allegedly violated that trust, the oath he swore to uphold, and is charged with engaging in dastardly and felonious conduct at the expense of our country.”
Frese faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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First thing I thought of....Petraeus...but also that he MUST be a registered Republican voter as it wouldn’t be seemly to arrest and charge a demonrat with something like this.
“how was he paid”.....same question I had - “personal gain” - did he sleep with all the journalists or what?
If he visited an embassy, he was supposed to officially report it to security.
Previous generations in order to get a job with The New York Times or Washington Post you had to be a crack journalist. Now all they have to do is show how willing they are st spread various parts of their anatomy to give access for dirt.
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Kyle Frese
@HKFrese
28 Feb 2014
@CiroChairez @StateDept Nope, 9. Its an embassy - no need for a whole company to be there. Its special quick reaction force for embassies
Kyle Frese
@HKFrese
28 Feb 2014
Unconfirmed, but @StateDept has reported that 9 Marines have been deployed to Kiev to improve security at US Embassy there #Ukraine #Russia
Kyle Frese
@HKFrese
18 Feb 2014
#Kiev Emergency message US Embassy Kiev to Americans: Remain indoors. Ukrainian Security “may take extraordinary measures”
More Ukraine related tweets...
https://twitter.com/search?q=%40HKFrese%20%20kiev&src=typd
https://twitter.com/search?q=%40HKFrese%20%20ukraine&src=typd
And FYI, I should clarify. Foreign embassies in DC have parties ALL the time. Looks like this guy visited the German embassy for a party. However, if you have a clearance, you need to report it, per the law.
At least it was a WOMAN!
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