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Home Front: WoT

U.S. Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Information to Media

2020-02-23

He leaked information about China, so moving this to P. 3: Non-WoT

[BREITBART] U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) counterterrorism analyst Henry Kyle Frese pleaded guilty on Thursday to leaking information to the press in 2018 and 2019.

According to a DIA blurb, Frese faces up to 10 years in prison for leaking sensitive military information from five separate classified documents. Frese was employed by the DIA as either a contractor or employee from January 2017 to October 2019.

Over the course of two years, Frese illegally obtained and distributed classified military intelligence information to two journalists. But court filings state that the information was published in eight articles written by the same journalist ‐ Amanda Macias, a national security news hound for CNBC, and Frese’s girlfriend at the time.

Court documents claim Macias later asked Frese via Twitter direct messages whether he would share the information with another journalist whose identity has not yet been disclosed. Frese then "searched on a classified United States government computer system" to obtain the information requested.

"Frese violated the trust placed in him by the American people when he disclosed sensitive national security information for personal gain," Assistant Attorney-General for National Security John Demers said. "He alerted our country’s adversaries to sensitive national defense information, putting the nation’s security at risk."

In a statement released by the Department of Justice, Virginia District Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger said the case should "serve as a clear reminder" that "unilaterally disclosing such information for personal gain, or that of others, is not selfless or heroic, it is criminal."

Frese was arrested in October. He pleaded guilty to two charges of "willful transmission of national defense information" on Thursday. He will be sentenced in federal court on June 18.

Posted by:Fred

#11 What was it that he leaked? Where are the published stories?

I think #4 above, posted by Dron66046, pretty much told the whole story!

I nominate Dron66046 post as a snark of the day!

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-02-23 21:05

#10 #8 - she "forgave" his Five-Head and weird left ear

Posted by: Frank G 2020-02-23 15:27

#9 What was it that he leaked? Where are the published stories?

I pulled up the most recent related articles from our archives, Herb dear. Click on the links at the bottom of the article above.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-02-23 15:25

#8 All things are relative, NMBS; look at his picture and evaluate his chances with a highly attractive woman.

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-23 14:10

#7 I thought honeypot agents were supposed to be hotter than that...

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-02-23 11:39

#6 ...but Nancy's children consider 'abuse of power' to be.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-02-23 10:37

#5 Frese faces up to 10 years in prison for leaking sensitive military information from five separate classified documents

What happened to TREASON?
Oh, yeah...set the punishment to fit the crime.
Breach of Trust is no longer a crime, I guess.

Posted by: Skidmark 2020-02-23 10:03

#4 What was it that he leaked? Ohh juicy !

PNTQ/9903/QCP May 3,2012

President █████ met the ████ to ██████ up some ████. By evening the president's hand was deep in the █████ of the ███████'s ██████. For a full ██████ the shameful ██████ of ████████████ the ████ has asked for the resignation of █████.

More in the same vein. It was s'pposed to be a secret I reckon.

Posted by: Dron66046 2020-02-23 06:05

#3 Looking for some agitprop, Herb?

Posted by: Frank G 2020-02-23 05:50

#2 What was it that he leaked? Where are the published stories?

Posted by: Herb McCoy 2020-02-23 05:09

#1 The old ~~Russian~~ Media honeypot ploy.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-02-23 00:56

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