Feds: Navy secrets sold for hookers and Lady Gaga tix

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

AP/ November 4, 2013, 8:43 AM

Feds: Navy secrets sold for hookers and Lady Gaga tix

SAN DIEGO The gregarious Malaysian businessman nicknamed "Fat Leonard" is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific. But prosecutors in court papers say Leonard Francis worked his connections to obtain military secrets by arranging prostitutes, Lady Gaga tickets and other bribes for a U.S. commander, in a scandal reverberating across the Navy.

The accusations unfolding in a federal court case signal serious national security breaches and corruption, with the threat that more people, including those of higher ranks, could be swept up as the investigation continues. A hearing Nov. 8 could set a trial date.

Navy commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz passed confidential information on ship routes to Francis' Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, according to the court documents.

Misiewicz and Francis moved Navy vessels like chess pieces, diverting aircraft carriers, destroyers and other ships to Asian ports with lax oversight where Francis could inflate costs, according to the criminal complaint. The firm overcharged the Navy millions for fuel, food and other services it provided, and invented tariffs by using phony port authorities, the prosecution alleges.

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[maddezmom]

1. Revolting

[bemildred]

2. Very. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Lot of bad behavior at the top being revealed in the military of late, it seems.

Guess it is a good thing these activities are being found out, makes me wonder what else is going on.

[libodem]

4. But our phone calls and texts

Are vacuumed up without probable cause. We can see the security system at work. Booyah.