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US military policeman sold secrets Apr 16th 2013, 11:28 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...ed-russian-spy Quote: An Alaska-based military police officer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and will receive a dishonourable discharge for selling military secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian spy, a military panel has decided. A panel of eight military members from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage recommended a 19-year sentence for Spec William Colton Millay, which that was dropped to 16 years because of a pretrial agreement. The panel also reduced him in rank to private... ...Military prosecutors said Millay was a white supremacist who was fed up with the army and the US, and was willing to sell secrets to an enemy agent even if that would cost his fellow soldiers their lives. Defence attorneys said Millay was an emotionally stunted attention-seeker and was a candidate for rehabilitation... ...FBI Special Agent Derrick Chriswell said Millay came to their attention in the summer of 2011 through an anonymous tipoff after Millay sent an email to a Russian publication seeking information about the military and made several calls to the Russian embassy. "That's a concern for national security," Chriswell said. The FBI, working with military intelligence agencies, conducted the investigation. On 13 September 2011, an FBI undercover agent called Millay and set up a meeting the next day at an Anchorage hotel restaurant. Chriswell testified that during the first meeting with the agent that day, Millay "expressed his disgust with the US military". They then moved to the agent's hotel room, where audio and video recording devices were in place. Millay said he would work for the Russian government, and if they made it worth his while he'd re-enlist for a second five-year stint. He also said he had confidential information on the Warlock Duke jamming system the US military uses to sweep roadside bombs.

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