Navy officer faces charges of espionage and prostitution in highly secretive case
Source: Washington Post
A U.S. Navy officer faces charges of espionage, attempted espionage and prostitution in a highly secretive case in which he is accused of disclosing military secrets to a foreign nation.
The Navy examined charges against him in a preliminary hearing in Norfolk on Friday. The officer has not been identified but is a lieutenant commander with the headquarters for the Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, which oversees maritime patrol aircraft such as the P-8A Poseidon and P-3C Orion spy planes and the MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone.
A heavily redacted charge sheet released by the Navy states that the officer faces two specifications of espionage and three specifications of attempted espionage. He is accused of communicating secret information “with intent or reason to believe it would be used to the advantage of a foreign nation,” hiring a prostitute for sex, committing adultery by having sex with a woman who was not his wife, and making false official statements by not disclosing foreign travel to the U.S. government as required.
The country that received the information from the lieutenant commander has not been disclosed. The case was first reported late Friday by the Virginian-Pilot newspaper and USNI News. A Navy official told USNI News that the situation has been labeled a national security case, meaning it involves the compromise of military advantage over a foreign nation or terrorist group.
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