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Who Is David Franklin Slater? Air Force Man Charged Over Secret Docs Leak
MSN.com ^
| 3/6.2024
| Ellie Cook
Posted on 03/06/2024 10:53:13 AM PST by mac_truck
A U.S. Air Force employee has been charged with illegally sharing classified national security information about Russia's war in Ukraine on a foreign online dating site.
David Franklin Slater, aged 63, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly conspiring to transmit and transmitting national defense information from around February 2022 until approximately April 2022.
Slater had retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel in late 2020, then worked at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska under the Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) as a civilian employee.
Slater attended USSTRATCOM briefings on Russia's war with Ukraine, then sent classified information to a "co-conspirator" claiming to be a woman living in Ukraine via a foreign dating platform, according to the indictment.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catfish; catfishing; davidfranklinslater; davidslater; elliecook; smelliecook; spies; ukraine; usaf
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posted on
03/06/2024 10:53:13 AM PST
by
mac_truck
To: mac_truck
Prosecutors said that Slater "regularly communicated" with the alleged co-conspirator, who is not named in the indictment. The alleged co-conspirator described Slater as "my secret informant," and "secret agent" in messages from 2022. "Dear, what is shown on the screens in the special room?? It is very interesting," read one message from the alleged co-conspirator in March 2022.
Not the brightest bulb in the room, is he? 🙄
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posted on
03/06/2024 10:56:17 AM PST
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: mac_truck
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posted on
03/06/2024 10:56:57 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: mac_truck
She's patriotic!
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posted on
03/06/2024 10:58:58 AM PST
by
kiryandil
To: mac_truck
Slater had retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel in late 2020, then worked at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska under the Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) as a civilian employee
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:02:41 AM PST
by
Mr.Unique
(My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
To: mac_truck
Who is David Franklin Slater? Definitely not a relative of Joe Biden if he is being charged.
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:03:12 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: mac_truck
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:04:16 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mac_truck
They will throw the book at him just like the won’t do Hillary.
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:05:07 AM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
To: kiryandil
The judge will sentence her to home confinement, as his personal “guest”.
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:06:01 AM PST
by
alstewartfan
(Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
To: mac_truck
Shoot him. He’s an idiot
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:26:53 AM PST
by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: mac_truck
Slater is expected to make his initial court appearance in Nebraska on Tuesday. He could face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty, as well as a fine of up to $250,000 for each count of conspiracy to transmit and the transmission of national defense information, according to the Justice Department. At 63 years old if they find him guilty and they throw the book at him, his life is over. A long military career and a high responsibility civilian position down the tubes. It doesn't say if he was married with children, which would make it worse. All for a stupid dating app. There's no fool like an old fool.
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:38:12 AM PST
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: kiryandil
Any Zeepers gone missing lately?
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:39:23 AM PST
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: kiryandil
I’d only give her my name, rank and serial number...
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posted on
03/06/2024 11:56:37 AM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: Blue Collar Christian
Well he doesn’t appear to be a protected class, gay, trans, or any other identity that is immune. So yes, he’ll probably do time in Leavenworth (and he should).
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posted on
03/06/2024 12:17:00 PM PST
by
NEMDF
To: mac_truck
So he was 59 when he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel?
Let’s see….
He joined the Army when he was 39?
Hmmmm…..
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posted on
03/06/2024 2:08:23 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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