-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! US Navy man charged with giving secrets to Russia Updated 11:05 PM ET November 29, 1999 By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy code breaker with access to highly classified data has been charged with passing secrets to Russia in 1994, long after the Cold War ended, U.S. military officials said on Monday. Petty Officer First Class Daniel King, 40, was in military custody in Quantico, Va. awaiting a military hearing on charges of espionage and disclosing classified information, said U.S. Naval Commander Greg Smith. U.S. military officials said King had admitted passing classified data to Russia but they believed it was "a very narrowly defined specific event" rather than a major security breach. Smith said King, an 18-year veteran of the Navy, could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage. In some previous espionage cases, military prosecutors have opted to press for a life sentence instead. Military officials said King was also charged with disclosing classified information to a co-worker. At the time of the alleged espionage, King was assigned to the Navy's espionage decoding unit, based at the Fort Meade, Md. office of the National Security Agency (NSA), which monitors communications around the globe. Smith had no details of the exact circumstances of King's alleged espionage and said the matter was still being investigated. But military officials said the breach of security was not as serious as previous Navy spy cases such as that of Jonathan Pollard, who handed highly sensitive information to Israel, or that of Navy Warrant Office John A. Walker, who sold Russia critical Navy secrets and codes. "We think we're dealing with a very narrowly defined specific event," one official said. CBS News reported King told investigators earlier this year that "he mailed a disk full of data to the Russian embassy in 1994", including information about the Pentagon's use of U.S. submarines to eavesdrop on Russian undersea communications cables. At the time, King worked in the office that received reports from the submarines, which sneaked into shallow water to tap into Russia's undersea cables, CBS reported. U.S. military officials said charges were brought after King failed a lie detector test administered during a routine security clearance investigation. King admitted passing secrets to Russia but later retracted some details about how he did it, military officials said. The officials said they were not aware of any payments that King might have received for the information, nor did they have any immediate ideas on what might have motivated him. They described King, who is in the middle of divorce proceedings, as "a very confused individual." Apparently King had become disgruntled at not being promoted as rapidly during his Navy career as he expected, they said. King was charged on Nov. 5 and was awaiting a Navy Article 32 hearing, the equivalent of a grand jury hearing in civilian courts. **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
