Two reservists charged with stealing secrets

[unhappycamper]

Two reservists charged with stealing secrets
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 18, 2008 20:09:25 EDT

SAN DIEGO — Two Marine reservists have been charged in connection with an alleged information theft ring that involved the compromise of classified files.

Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Froboese and Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan were recalled to duty in June and charged a short time later as part of an investigation into the unauthorized sharing of secret Camp Pendleton files, Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Jason A. Johnston said Friday.

Pagan was charged with dereliction of duty and orders violations. Froboese was charged with dereliction of duty, orders violations, conspiracy and wrongful transmission of classified information.

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The charges against the two reservists follows testimony by Gunnery Sgt. Gary Maziarz, who said during a court-martial that he passed classified documents to several people, including a Los Angeles Police Department officer and a Los Angeles County sheriff’s detective, according to published newspaper reports.

The testimony by Maziarz came in July 2007 during his court-martial on charges of theft and mishandling classified documents while he was a Marine intelligence analyst. He later pleaded guilty to mishandling more than 100 classified documents and passing them to at least four people.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/07/ap_ca_marinesstealing_071808/

[flashl]

1. W/O any other information they appear to actually be whistleblowers? nt

[Maine-ah]

2. I wonder what was in the CD's

to make them 1. steal them and 2. pass them to law enforcement.

K&R

[unhappycamper]

3. When I first read the article, I immediately thought of Daniel Ellsberg. n/t