Gokhan Gun mug shot / Gun, 50, was charged with unauthorized
removal and retention of classified material. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
Posted on 08/14/2024 2:19:55 AM PDT by blueplum
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday over prosecutors’ objections that a Defense Department civilian employee who is a U.S.-Turkish dual citizen can remain free on home detention while he awaits trial on accusations he mishandled classified documents.
Gokhan Gun, 50, of Falls Church, was arrested Friday...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Rodregous said the fact that Gun was arrested carrying classified documents, as well as his intelligence-community credentials, on the way to the airport for a purported Mexican fishing trip was circumstantial evidence of his intent to distribute the documents.
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How stupid is the Biden admin?
Dual Turkish-American citizen Gokhan Gun, 50, of Falls Church, was arrested carrying classified US documents, as well as his intelligence-community credentials, on the way to the airport for a purported “Mexican fishing trip” was seen as circumstantial evidence of his intent to distribute the documents.......for a fee.
Message: The safety and security of American families is
paramount. No more hiring of dual citizens in govt jobs.
Defense Dept contractor charged after printing top secret documents, leaving with them to Mexico
Gokhan Gun, 50, was charged with unauthorized removal and retention of classified material
By Landon Mion Fox News, Published August 14, 2024
An electrical engineer working with the Air Force is accused of printing over 150 pages of “top secret” government documents before attempting to flee the country for Mexico, according to prosecutors.
Gokhan Gun, 50, was arrested Friday as he was departing for a flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Gun, a northern Virginia resident who was born in Turkey and holds dual citizenship, was charged with unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, according to Fox 5 DC.
On Friday morning, Gun was leaving for the airport when FBI agents executed a search warrant on him and two of his homes. Agents discovered documents marked as “TOP SECRET” inside a backpack in front of his home. They also found stacks of documents in the dining room of his home with visible classification markings, including some marked as Top Secret and SCI, or Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Gokhan Gun mug shot / Gun, 50, was charged with unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
It is unclear what the contents of the documents were. Gun told the agents that he was headed to Mexico for what he later claimed was a “fishing trip,” a story investigators called “nonsensical” in court documents. The investigators said “it is unclear how highly classified U.S. Government information would help him in this endeavor.”
According to investigators, Gun on several occasions printed documents as early as May and took them home without authorization. In August, investigators watched Gun leave his workplace with a bag full of hard copy documents before entering two different residences he owned in Fairfax and Falls Church, Virginia. Gun provided “demonstrably false information” to the FBI, court documents said, including the claim that he never took any classified documents home and that if they were in his home, the classifications had “expired.” (iStock)
Investigators subsequently obtained search warrants for Gun. Since starting with the Air Force in 2020, Gun has printed around 3,400 pages of classified and non-classified materials. He reportedly transported the documents from the office in rolled-up wads in plastic shopping bags, according to The New York Times. Last week, Gun printed 406 pages, including 82 marked top secret, according to court documents.
Gun provided “demonstrably false information” in his interview with the FBI, according to court documents, including the claim that he never took any classified documents home and that if they were in his home, the classifications had “expired.” Gun began printing documents as early as May and took them home without authorization, prosecutors said. Prosecutors have requested that Gun be kept in custody in the U.S. over concerns he is a flight risk, citing his various trips over the years and that his parents still live in Turkey.
Gun faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted on the charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, and government officials plan to file additional felony charges.
The contractor’s tax-paid public defender reiterated to the court on Friday the claim that he was heading to Mexico for a fishing trip when arguing that he is not a flight risk.
Gokhan Gun mug shot / Gun, 50, was charged with unauthorized
removal and retention of classified material. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
In this one instance, I am in favor of Gun control, if not confiscation.
I guess this guy thought, “If Brandon can do it, so can I.”
Nails it.......Biden is a role model for every crook around the globe.
Of course he did. Could these guys at least pretend that they work for Justice.
Translated: Flight risk.
Yet they seek 'other than' incarceration without bail.
Russia needs to make good on its threat.
[snip] ...accused of printing over 150 pages of "top secret" government documents before attempting to flee the country for Mexico, according to prosecutors. Gokhan Gun, 50... a northern Virginia resident who was born in Turkey and holds dual citizenship... was leaving for the airport when FBI agents executed a search warrant on him and two of his homes. [/snip]
Prosecutors seek detention...
And he replied “Ta Ta”
How about detention with a hangman?
Did they check his socks?
Corbien Schultz in another post about selling military secrets for a lousy $42k. Hope it was worth it, guys. Short rope and tall tree.
I’ve never understood ‘dual citizenship’. If you can’t pick one then you are what you were. If coming to the USA and are given the opportunity to become a citizen and can’t/won’t give up the old country, well - go back!
judge is not very smart:
“But U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis said it was “too far of a leap” to assume that his trip to Mexico was connected to his mishandling of documents. He said until the government provides stronger evidence, the case is no different than any other classified-documents case and the presumption is that Gun should be free while he awaits trial.”
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