U.S. Sailor Charged With Espionage

chernmax

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U.S. Sailor Charged With Espionage
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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•U.S. Navy
RICHMOND, Va. — A sailor accused of taking a Navy laptop containing classified information and peddling its contents to foreign governments is being held for possible court-martial, the military Wednesday.

The Navy said that Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann gave the classified information, containing national defense data, to an undisclosed foreign government before he destroyed the computer.

Weinmann, 21, of Salem, Ore., was confined at Norfolk Naval Air Station on six charges, the Navy said in a statement.

The charges include three counts of espionage, including a suspected March 2005 visit to Bahrain, where Weinmann tried to pass along classified information to a foreign government, the Navy said.

Months later, the Navy said, Weinmann deserted his submarine, the USS Albuquerque, for more than eight months and traveled to Austria and Mexico to "communicate, deliver or transmit" the information.

Weinmann used a mallet in March, near Vienna, to destroy the computer's hard drive, the Navy said.

Naval attorneys for Weinmann, a fire control technician previously assigned to the New London, Conn.-based sub, declined to comment Wednesday.

Ted Brown, U.S. Fleet Forces Command spokesman, would not comment on which government Weinmann was charged with spying for, what he was seeking in exchange for the information, or how he obtained the computer.

Weinmann was picked up at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport March 26 and transferred to Norfolk, the Navy said.

The Navy also charged Weinmann with failing to properly safeguard and store classified information, making an electronic copy of classified information, communicating classified information to a person not entitled to receive it, and stealing and destroying a government computer.

Weinmann's father said FBI and Navy investigators searched the family's house twice.

"In a lot of ways he was very naive, gullible," Rob Weinmann told KGW-TV. "I definitely don't want him to be a scapegoat."

He added that his son had become disillusioned with the Navy by the time he disappeared.

Weinmann could face the death penalty if his fleet commander decides to press for a court-martial.
 

Vince

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Prison, then execution. Espionage during wartime. Firing squad. Of course you and I both know he won't get executed, but probably a long prison term.
 

Winn Dixie

Song of the South
Tigerlily said:
I say hang that bastard:dead:

:yeahthat: And his father along side. Talk about denial: "In a lot of ways he was very naive, gullible," Rob Weinmann told KGW-TV. "I definitely don't want him to be a scapegoat." But the idea of his being a spy and an absoultely stupid one at that doesn't phase him? What scapegoat, he stole a computer, was AWOL and beat the computer to death with a mallet. :jameo:
 

Vince

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Winn Dixie said:
:yeahthat: And his father along side. Talk about denial: "In a lot of ways he was very naive, gullible," Rob Weinmann told KGW-TV. "I definitely don't want him to be a scapegoat." But the idea of his being a spy and an absoultely stupid one at that doesn't phase him? What scapegoat, he stole a computer, was AWOL and beat the computer to death with a mallet. :jameo:
I liked that one too. Scapegoat? :lmao: This azzhole needs the death penalty. Make an example of him. These little sh!tz think they can get away with anything and the Navy won't touch them. They need to start playing hardball with these traitors.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
I really want to know who he tried to sell it to. I'm betting it's a small country just south of Lebanon.
 

Somdmommy

:Jeepin' in NC:
Boot his a$$ out of the county, send him to the people he was giving the info to. Let them have him...
 

RangerJohn

New Member
MMDad said:
I really want to know who he tried to sell it to. I'm betting it's a small country just south of Lebanon.

The Israeli's denied having been approached with the data, and they do have a history of getting info from the Navy (remember Jonathan Pollard anyone?) but from the locations he supposedly traveled to, I can't think he tried to sell the data to a "friendly" country...if there is such a thing these days.

As for punishment, I think of the Chinese who not only execute traitor's but also bill the traitor's family for the bullet they had to use on them. However, I think it would be better (and more entertaining) to let the little b@$t@^d loose in beautiful downtown Fallujah wearing only some shorts, sneakers and a George Bush/W2004 T-shirt, although I doubt we could get 60 Minutes to cover it.
 

chernmax

NOT Politically Correct!!
And this will be his cell mate on day 1... :lmao:
 

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