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An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested Thursday for attempting to transmit classified national security information to an officer or agent of a foreign government.
Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia was arrested not far from the nation’s capital and is scheduled to make his initial court appearance tomorrow. According to court documents, Laatsch became a civilian employee of the DIA in 2019 and worked in the Insider Threat Division, a position that comes with a Top Secret security clearance.
The FBI launched an investigation back in March after receiving a tip that an individual — now identified as Laatsch — offered to provide classified information to a “friendly” foreign government. In an email, the federal employee indicated that did not “agree or align with the values of this administration” and was therefore “willing to share classified information” to which he had access, including “completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation…
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