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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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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Too bad General Miley has a fake autopen pardon ... oh you mean someone else.
Life in Leavenworth.
Democrats/ Leftists are not good people. Look how they behave. They’re just scum.
He needs to be “aligned” with the Grey Bar Hotel in Gitmo.
Either that, or sentenced to the cleanup crew in the Gaza Strip.
He’ll make a fine lady at Club Fed ... whether he wants to transition or not.
Stretch a rope, scumbag.
IANAL, but that sure seems like treason.
That wont look good on his resume.
He’ll get his fill of hot chocolate in the joint…..
Hang the POS Traitor.
Give ‘m the Rosenberg treatment.
Rope
Tree
Some assembly required
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.
Destroy it.
Destroy any wealth.
Destroy any home.
Destroy retirement.
Ruin these bastards.
All of them.
-PJ
In the old days he would have to answer two questions:
Cigarette?
Blindfold?
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