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Japanese navy officer arrested for leaking secret data: police by Miwa SuzukiThu Dec 13, 9:46 AM ET Japanese police said Thursday they had arrested a senior navy officer over a leak of secret data on the high-tech Aegis combat system, seen as a top line of defence against a possible attack by North Korea. The government called for increased efforts to protect sensitive data after the arrest of the 34-year-old lieutenant commander in Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force. Although the leak of the sensitive information is believed to have been contained within the Japanese naval force, it spread to reach rank-and-file officials, including one whose wife is Chinese, causing concern in Washington. "This case attests that not only the defence ministry but also Japan's government has not taken sufficient interest in intelligence matters," Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told reporters. The officer, who is from the Yokosuka base at the mouth of Tokyo Bay, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of violating laws that protect information about US forces stationed in Japan. The arrested officer, Sumitaka Matsuuchi, "obtained electromagnetic information including special defence secrets on the Aegis system," a police spokesman said. The US-developed Aegis system has cutting-edge radar and can launch missiles at more than 10 targets at one time. "The suspect recorded the data on a compact disc around August 2002 and sent it to another lieutenant commander" who was an instructor at a naval school, said the police spokesman in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The secret data then began to spread and was found in January on a computer in the home of a 33-year-old petty officer whose Chinese wife overstayed her visa, prompting police to search the couple's residence. "In the search we found the confidential data in the hard disk of a personal computer there," another official from Kanagawa police said. The data was circulated within the Japanese naval force but was believed not to have passed outside, he said. The United States, Japan's main ally, has voiced concern over the leak. Local media said police also plan to send reports on more naval officers who were involved in the spread of the data. Naval Admiral Eiji Yoshikawa, the head of the Japanese naval forces, voiced "extreme regret" over the incident. "The Maritime Self-Defence Force takes this case as a very serious incident that hurts our trust," he said in a statement. "We will take appropriate measures to restore public confidence, reveal the full extent of the incident and find the cause so as to prevent a recurrence," he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
