Pentagon employee tried to “drain” secret data abroad

In the United States, the IT specialist of the Pentagon Intelligence Department is confined for an attempt to transfer information to national issues in defense of an officer or an agent of a foreign government. This was reported by the US Department of Justice’s press service.

It has been mentioned that 28-year-old Nathan Vilas Laatch will appear today before the trial.

The man became a Pentagon civilian officer in 2019. He works in the fight against internal threats and has access to the secret information category Top secret.

In March of this year, the FBI learned about the proposal to provide secret information to the foreign government. In an email, the sender wrote that “he does not agree with the values ​​of this administration and does not share them” and therefore ready to share the secret information of where he has access.

After a few talks with the FBI agent, which an official of a foreigner of a foreign government considered, he began to re -write the secret information in a notebook on his table and for nearly three days repeatedly brought it to his workplace. The Pentagon employee later confirmed that he was willing to transfer data.

In the designated area north of Virginia, the man left a flash drive: he thought he was delivering secret information to foreigners. FBI agents took the flash drive and found that there were messages from Laatch and many printed documents, each of Secret o Top secret.

Later, the man began to seek reward for continuing to provide secret information, and also said he was interested in foreign citizenship. On May 29, Laatch arrived in a pre -agreed area, where he was confined.

Remember that in January 2025, Trump issued a command sent against the military service of transgender people. The Pentagon has begun the procedure for forced dismissal up to one thousand military personnel who openly recognize themselves as transgender.