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Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty To Leaking Secrets to the Associated Press
McGruber writes "Today, Former FBI agent Donald John Sachtleben has agreed to plead guilty to leaking secret government information about a bomb plot to the Associated Press. In May, Sachtleben agreed to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, and to pay restitution to an identified victim portrayed in the images and videos he allegedly possessed."
The deal includes a prison sentence of three years and seven months, and "If accepted by a judge, the prison sentence would be the longest ever handed down in a civilian court for a leak of classified information to a reporter."
. . . shocked, I tell you.
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Let the countdown to the next and then the next and then the. .
Way to go on that transparency and leaker protection thing you so loved.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9GSBT_-JoQ
What ever happened to the whistleblower act? He should have immunity over this. Clearly the government has lost their mind and have gone completely tyrannical. Did you know that just last week the feds now told the police that anyone that there may be more to 9/11 than what meets the eye, like believing in WTC7 means that they're probably a terrorist? Using VPN, proxies, encryption, storing food for more than 5-days are other reasons as well. Every month new possibilities come up and anything we say online, on the phone, or over the radio can and will be used against us if we're deemed a threat to the government. In other words, the government doesn't give a shit about us, it's all about THEIR better interest. Whether you believe in any whistleblower or not of the past decade isn't what matters, what matters is the result of calling out your government for doing something illegal and then getting arrested that matters. This is a BIG problem and why people should be concerned. Next, your visitation to the therapist or doctor could be a reason for you to not bare arms or even be arrested as a suspected terrorist because quite frankly EVERYONE is a suspect at this point. But you know what they say, if everyone else is a suspect, there's a possibility that you're the one who's the real suspect, and quite frankly I think we can all agree that the government is the real terrorist, trying to scare the living crap out of people and telling them what to do "or else". /rant
They're pissed about the press leaks and out for blood, so he gets the longest ever sentence for leaking classified information.
But the kiddie porn charges? Nah, just pay a fine.
Wow.
The idea behind restitution is to make whole someone who has been injured or caused some loss by another's actions. Unless this is a copyright issue, I don't see how possessing or distributing child pornography could be associated with any kind of monetary restitution. Creation of child pornography perhaps - the child could claim some trauma or, maybe at the outside, damage to their reputation. This doesn't make any sense though.
Maybe this is a more common tactic than I thought.
It's become a standard responce by the state security apparatus to smear whistleblowers with kiddie porn charges.
"As part of a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court in Indiana, Donald John Sachtleben agreed to a prison sentence of three years and seven months for the leak"
"Sachtleben could face five to 20 years in prison for the distribution charge and up to 10 years for the possession charge"
"Maybe this is a more common tactic than I thought".
Usually they're found trussed-up dead in a sex-game gone wrong, but that one's become too well known from overuse. The kiddie-porn charge is to dissuade people from taking too close a look at the case, after all the FEDs would never knowingly lie about a case.
Ok Donald, here's how it goes.
The longer it takes you to plead guilty, the more (and worse) "child porn" we'll find. Got it? Don't fuck around or we'll manuf^h^h^h^h^h find some rape victims too.
Did he leak info that uncovered government wrong doing? No. Did he leak info that showed corruption? No. Did he leak info to protect innocent victims from harm? No. Those would all be excellent and justifiable reasons to break his oath and provide information to outside sources. He was just being a moron.
Not everyone who leaks information deserves protection or is a whistle blower.
The Summer was dismal in Obama's Terror War against the U.S.A., read "BIG WHITEY."
Failure after failure after failure after failure.
Both domestic and International with Putin outflanking Obama at every turn of the game.
This win for Obama is like a 'Technical Score On Penalty' worth one point. ONE MEASLY POINT.
That sum up the worth of Obama: One Measly Point.
Never fear though as the Fall offers Obama such a failure terrain that has not been seen since Neapolitan's Army marched into Russia and Moscow in the winter of 1812! And that little fiasco gave birth to the 1812 Overture.
Just think of it. The Destruction Of Obama Overture.
Right Up the alley of the US National Symphony!
QED
Holy shit, the FBI killed David Carradine?
Respect can be lost, but fear sticks around.
And that is exactly what the sons of bitches who are behind the
curtain ( the ones who pull the strings that make Obama move )
are interested in : making sure Americans are terrified to speak
out.
You seem to have a very active fantasy life.
NSA already has them from when you originally downloaded them. And NSA has no problem giving evidence to other agencies for criminal prosecution:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/dea-and-nsa-team-intelligence-laundering
This Guy's a Hero?
He pleaded guilty. Speaking for myself, I would NEVER plead guilty to such a heinous crime if the evidence were planted. I'd go to prison first.
This guy was an FBI agent, so he's not a wallflower Aaron Swartz type.
And so the Anonymous Cowards protested. They rose up with their masks to protect their identity, and with picket signs of void pointers: Not even in white, for that could be misunderstood as flags of surrender, but unvoiced as transparencies instead. In silence they marched, unseen, all around us, always and forever. Not the heroes we need, but quantum superpositions of both the heroes we deserve and the ones that don't exist... The potential for great change -- A waveform never destined to collapse.
rule of law is exactly the same as rule of man, just a couple more inconvenient steps.
New Economic Perspectives
Fueled by doobie?
Your IP address has been recorded with this post and now the NSA will have you put on a no fly list enforced by TSA and copies forwarded to Israel. ... you get the picture?
Also, we know you were saying something about child porn, therefore you are a
Hmm, now I see a use for the NSA backdoors in systems. Offend your masters and hey presto, you're paedophile and here's [uploading .... ] the evidence to prove it.
Says the person posting anonymously...
read on:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57595811-71/man-gets-fake-fbi-child-porn-alert-arrested-for-child-porn
From the article:
one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information.
What exactly does that mean? It's now a thought crime to know anything about national defense?
I'm just surprised how whistleblowers and IMF chiefs who question the value of the U.S. dollar always turn out to be peodophiles and rapists. I would almost suspect that someone is setting them up on those charges in an attempt to discredit them in the public eye (and erode any support they may have for their whistleblowing). But that's just silly. Besides, the only one capable of pulling that off is our fine, noble, honest government. And they would surely never do anything like that.
The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
He's no more a pedophile than Julian Assange and Dominique Strauss-Kahn are rapists. That's just something they set you up on when they want to discredit you in the public eye, force you out of public office, and/or get you to talk.
The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
Have you noticed that anyone the government doesn't like gets either a kiddie porn charge or a rape charge thrown against them? Meanwhile actual government contractors get away with rape, human trafficking and actual kiddie-porn & pedophilia with no consequences (DynCorp, Haliburton).
The US government is very, very corrupt and run by some nasty-ass evil fucks. And I don't mean the "elected" officials, I mean the lobbyists who really run things.
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
What's wrong, are you bad with time?
They had the Freedom Hosting server for like a month before the CP images were offlined and replaced with the error trojan, THEY EVEN SAID SO in that announcement they put up after it all happened.
"And that is exactly what the sons of bitches who are behind the curtain ( the ones who pull the strings that make Obama move ) are interested in : making sure Americans are terrified to speak out."
What exactly are the puppet masters terrified about regarding national security leaks? If they were trying to oppress us wouldn't it be better to report every security incident, so that the public would demand TSA checkpoints at every door?
What branch of government have you not found to be inept in some way? They knew about 9/11 ahead of time. Furthermore we mastered the, supposedly complex, implosion detonation of plutonium, 68 years ago, yet no other country or terrorist organizations can do this today? It's all propaganda... thank god are enemies are gullible.
Well, yea but, how can we make this Obama's fault? ... oh wait.
Is your name really Tim, and are you English?
I'm glad he did what he did, but NEVER plead guilty. ALWAYS remain silent, and exercise your right to a quick and speedy trial by Jury.
http://www.chrisnu.com/ftf/gal/ftf/Screenshot244.jpg
And so the Anonymous Cowards protested. They rose up with their masks to protect their identity ...
The ACs have done more than you have, because they have at least
taken the time to state their positions and some of them have made
good points which help to illuminate the situation. All you've done is
make smart remarks in a pathetic attempt to show us you are a clever boy.
The key word in the previous statement is boy. As in : you have some maturing
to do. Best put those stupid video games down and get started.
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Do you know what the government does when they go after drug dealers? They buy and sell drugs with them.
Do you know what the government does when they go after child pornographers? They exchange kiddie porn with them.
Wow, how outrageous. The FBI kept a kiddie porn network open for a short while so they could get evidence on child pornographers and their clients, who willingly traded the photos/videos with them. Nothing was planted on anyone's computer. The FBI didn't release a virus that secretly downloaded the stuff. The people who were caught engaged in the activity of their own volition, simply not knowing that their secret network had been compromised.
For this, you want me to feel sorry for the pornographers and pedophiles, and feel anger at the FBI. Why?
FreedomHosting was targeted and attacked by the FBI within weeks of other secure email providers like LavaBit and Silent Circle, both of which chose to close shop rather than cooperate with the government in selling out their users. The FBI hacked FreedomHosting and planted malware on every one of its sites (regardless of legality) meant to snare those sites unknowing visitors with a javascript vulnerabilitry that targets a firefox TOR bundle. .
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/09/14/0122218/fbi-admits-it-controlled-tor-servers-behind-mass-malware-attack
You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to think this is about child porn, the legislator and executor's ultimate go-to excuse for any vindictive purpose. The NSA's OWN LEAKED DOCUMENT show child porn as a go-to excuse for cracking down on TOR.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jun/20/exhibit-b-nsa-procedures-document
If that doesn't bother you, then congratulations! You are a king of sheep. You know what the government does when it needs a justification to go after terrorists? It creates terrorists by enabling them entirely, providing resources and motivation, and bringing them to the last step, only to then halt them and claim in the media a massive victory against the forces of terror. You should feel anger at the FBI--they targeted unknowing, innocent webgoers. Instead you side with the establishment. Why am I not surprised?
Cold fjord, is that you?
And why exactly would the FBI have needed to hack his network twice beforehand if they had a solid case on the guy? They could have just as well planted the child porn and then encouraged the guy to bargain in public. Nothing new there.
yro.slashdot.org/story/13/09/14/0122218/fbi-admits-it-controlled-tor-servers-behind-mass-malware-attack