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BREAKING: Anti-Trump Defense IT Specialist Arrested For Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government Because He Did Not “Agree or Align with the Values of This Administration”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | May. 29, 2025 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 05/29/2025 9:19:29 PM PDT by bitt

An anti-Trump IT specialist the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested on Thursday for attempting to provide classified national defense information to a foreign government.

According to the DOJ, Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested on Thursday in northern Virginia, and will make his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday.

The Justice Department said Laatsch offered to transmit classified information to the foreign government because he did not “agree or align with the values of this administration” and was therefore “willing to share classified information” that he had access to, including “completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation.”

Today, an IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested for attempting to transmit classified national defense information to a foreign government.

This case underscores the persistent risk of insider threats. The FBI remains steadfast in protecting our…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 29, 2025

Per the Justice Department:

According to court documents, Laatsch became a civilian employee of the DIA in 2019, where he works with the Insider Threat Division and holds a Top Secret security clearance. In March 2025, the FBI commenced an operation after receiving a tip that an individual — now known to be Laatsch — offered to provide classified information to a friendly foreign government. In that email, the sender wrote that he did not “agree or align with the values of this administration” and was therefore “willing to share classified information” that he had access to, including “completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation.”

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https://x.com/TheNewsTrending/status/1928222381090427283

Nathan Vilas Laatsch, a US Defense Intelligence Agency IT specialist, was arrested in Virginia for attempting to transmit classified info to a foreign government.

Charged with espionage-related offenses, Laatsch allegedly used a covert online platform to share sensitive data.

The Justice Department says he faces serious penalties if convicted.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dia; espionage; nathanvilaslaatsch; spying; treason
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1 posted on 05/29/2025 9:19:29 PM PDT by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

2 posted on 05/29/2025 9:20:14 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Too bad General Miley has a fake autopen pardon ... oh you mean someone else.


3 posted on 05/29/2025 9:22:01 PM PDT by datricker (Go Trump/Vance!)
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To: bitt
Looks like a Soy Boy. He likes taking it in the "back door".

4 posted on 05/29/2025 9:25:20 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: bitt

Life in Leavenworth.


5 posted on 05/29/2025 9:26:18 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: bitt

Democrats/ Leftists are not good people. Look how they behave. They’re just scum.


6 posted on 05/29/2025 9:26:41 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: bitt

He needs to be “aligned” with the Grey Bar Hotel in Gitmo.

Either that, or sentenced to the cleanup crew in the Gaza Strip.


7 posted on 05/29/2025 9:31:04 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: bitt

He’ll make a fine lady at Club Fed ... whether he wants to transition or not.


8 posted on 05/29/2025 9:31:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Williams
But, in his defense, the election didn’t turn out the way he wanted. What was he to do?

Stretch a rope, scumbag.

9 posted on 05/29/2025 9:31:41 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: bitt

IANAL, but that sure seems like treason.


10 posted on 05/29/2025 9:32:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: bitt

That wont look good on his resume.


11 posted on 05/29/2025 9:33:52 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

He’ll get his fill of hot chocolate in the joint…..


12 posted on 05/29/2025 9:34:53 PM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth. )
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To: bitt

Hang the POS Traitor.


13 posted on 05/29/2025 9:35:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: bitt

Give ‘m the Rosenberg treatment.


14 posted on 05/29/2025 9:38:10 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: bitt

Rope
Tree
Some assembly required


15 posted on 05/29/2025 9:38:41 PM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: vpintheak

Hang the POS Traitor.

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This guy should get a legit trial and when he’s convicted he should get the max. And if that max is death he needs to be put to death. This guy is gonna be the example. This ish stops NOW.


16 posted on 05/29/2025 9:42:01 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: bitt; dfwgator; Red Badger; null and void
He should have gone to Chotchkie's


17 posted on 05/29/2025 9:43:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: bitt

Destroy it.

Destroy any wealth.
Destroy any home.
Destroy retirement.

Ruin these bastards.
All of them.


18 posted on 05/29/2025 9:45:16 PM PDT by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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To: bitt
In before a district court judge declares his arrest to be "arbitrary and capricious" because he wasn't given 30 days notice that he was going to be arrested.

-PJ

19 posted on 05/29/2025 9:48:20 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: bitt

In the old days he would have to answer two questions:
Cigarette?
Blindfold?


20 posted on 05/29/2025 9:49:14 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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