Defense Department contractor charged after printing top secret documents, trying to leave with them to Mexico

[KellyinAvon]

Well, I guess if you're not Slow Joe this kind of behavior is frowned upon.

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.
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.
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.

Defense Department contractor charged after printing top secret documents, trying to leave with them to Mexico

A Defense Department contractor allegedly printed more than 150 pages of "top secret" government documents before attempting to leave the country for Mexico.

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[actaeon277]

 

[KellyinAvon]

I agree Act. SSSOOOOOO much fail here. My comments in blue.

That tells me this is a contractor. Worked "with" the USAF, not "for" the USAF.
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.
Dude worked in a SCIF, printed a ****-ton of highly classified documents, and walked out with them? So much FAIL here.
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.
Has not one, but TWO residents in that area? Unless he inherited them? More red flags than a communist pride parade that a special access program security manager should've noticed.
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.
UUUhhhhmmmm, not just no but hellz no! That is not how this works.
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."
Dude has residents in Fairfax and Falls Church and he has a public defender... and one who is really bad at the job.
The contractor's 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.

Defense Department contractor charged after printing top secret documents, trying to leave with them to Mexico

A Defense Department contractor allegedly printed more than 150 pages of "top secret" government documents before attempting to leave the country for Mexico.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Leadeye]

Have to wonder who the buyer was.

 

[bobzilla]

My guess is his monthly check to sleepy joe bounced

 

[Ark]

Have to wonder who the buyer was.

The FBI.

 

[rosejm]

All those papers? Yeah, that was just for light reading while I waited for a bite...

 

[mmpsteve]

If warranted, is treason still a punishable offense? Is it ever charged? Seems like lots of it going around.

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[deo62]

If warranted, is treason still a punishable offense? Is it ever charged? Seems like lots of it going around.

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Would be if he was a republican

 

[IN New Guy]

As a former defense contractor myself, after a USAF retirement, I think he ought to be hanged. But that's never going to happen. It's not treason, since the Constitution specifically defines treason...and we're not a war with an "enemy." But it certainly is espionage against the United States, which is just as despicable IMHO.