US EditionUS government employee charged with trying to give classified information to a foreign government
- An information technology specialist, Nathan Vilas Laatsch, was charged with attempting to transmit classified information to a foreign government, according to the Justice Department.
- Laatsch, 28, was arrested for arranging to deposit sensitive records for someone he believed was a foreign official, but who was actually an undercover FBI agent.
- Laatsch expressed in an email his willingness to transmit sensitive materials due to his belief that things would not improve in the long term.
- Laatsch left a thumb drive containing documents marked Secret and Top Secret levels at a drop-off, seeking citizenship from the foreign nation.
137 Articles
137 Articles
Anti-Trumper With Top Security Clearance Arrested, Charged for Offering Classified Info to Foreigners
(WND News Center)—A government worker with a top security clearance who complained to an FBI agent posing as a representative of a foreign government that he didn’t “agree or align with the values” of the Trump administration has been arrested. The suspect, Nathan Laatsch, 28, has worked with the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Insider Threat Division since 2019. He was accused of attempting to share classified information with an agent of a forei…
Anti-Trump defense intel staffer offered to spy for foreign govt: DOJ
A Defense Intelligence Agency information technology staffer offered to pass classified information to an unspecified foreign country over his disloyalty to the Trump administration, the Department of Justice alleged on Friday according to the Wall Street Journal.According to the criminal complaint, Nathan Vilas Laatsch wrote in an email offering his espionage services, “The recent actions of the current administration are extremely disturbing t…
Anti-Trump federal employee arrested for sharing classified documents
A federal employee who expressed opposition to President Donald Trump is accused of trying to give classified information to a foreign government. According to the Justice Department, 28-year-old Nathan Laatsch was arrested on Thursday, May 29, after an FBI sting operation. The DOJ said Laatsch sent an email to a "friendly foreign government" that stated he did not “agree or align with the values of this administration," and was therefore “will…
Spy-catcher saw “stupid” tech errors others made. FBI says he then made his own.
Twenty-eight-year-old Nathan Laatsch was, until yesterday, a cybersecurity employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He had a Top Secret clearance and worked in the Insider Threat Division. Laatsch spent his days—you'll understand the past tense in a moment—"enabling user monitoring on individuals with access to DIA systems," including employees under surreptitious internal investigation. Given that Laatsch was one of those who "watched…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 65% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
