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BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts) Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:25 PM Mar 4

Retired Army officer charged with sharing classified information about Ukraine on foreign dating site

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Source: CBS News

March 4, 2024 / 6:46 PM EST

Washington — A retired Army lieutenant colonel was arrested Saturday and accused of illegally disclosing sensitive national defense information on a foreign dating site, according to charging documents.

David Franklin Slater, 63 — who most recently worked as a civilian Air Force employee assigned to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) — allegedly communicated with an unnamed person claiming to be a woman living in Ukraine and sent the individual secret Pentagon documents about Russia's war in that country, court filings said.

STRATCOM is the U.S. military combatant command responsible for nuclear deterrence and nuclear command and control and is headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. While working at STRATCOM, Slater had a Top Secret Security clearance, according to the filings, and received training for the proper handling of sensitive government information.

"Certain responsibilities are incumbent to individuals with access to Top Secret information. The allegations against Mr. Slater challenge whether he betrayed those responsibilities," said U.S. Attorney Susan Lehr for the District of Nebraska. After retiring from the army in 2020, prosecutors said Slater started working for STRATCOM in August 2021, where he attended top secret briefings about the war in Ukraine. STRATCOM confirmed he was an employee in its Directorate of Logistics until 2022

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retired-army-officer-david-slater-sharing-ukraine-classified-information-dating-site/

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Retired Army officer charged with sharing classified information about Ukraine on foreign dating site (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 4 OP

FIrst, it was gaming buddies on Discord. Now, it's dating sites. TwilightZone Mar 4 #1

I can see the 21-year old BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #4

Agreed. TwilightZone Mar 4 #6

loose lips sink ships. AllaN01Bear Mar 5 #22

IIRC, this kind of offense is one where COL Mustard Mar 4 #12

Double dip MotownPgh Mar 5 #32

Thinking with his little head, not his big one. paleotn Mar 4 #13

Reminds me of General Petraeus. MLAA Mar 4 #18

At least she was a real woman IronLionZion Mar 5 #27

True! Doubly stupid. MLAA Mar 5 #30

Don't kid yourself. Older men can be just as lonely/horney as many 30-somethings Attilatheblond Mar 5 #28

True and loneliness and ego don't mix well. MLAA Mar 5 #31

WTF!!! TexasBushwhacker Mar 4 #2

Let me guess... he is a trumpian RW fool mysteryowl Mar 4 #3

ding-ding-ding you win the prize! getagrip_already Mar 4 #5

Looks like somebody caught a big catfish. NBachers Mar 4 #7

I hate to think that this is what occupies the FBI's time now FakeNoose Mar 4 #9

Well, they are charged with counter-intel work to protect classified information Attilatheblond Mar 5 #29

Jail him. marble falls Mar 4 #8

Another person that will probably run for President... Dan Mar 4 #10

Ya just can't trust them dang Lieutenant Colonels these days! COL Mustard Mar 4 #11

"At 63 he should be old enough not to let his little friend down below do his thinking for him!" Ray Bruns Mar 5 #20

"Certain responsibilities are incumbent to individuals with access to Top Secret information." AverageOldGuy Mar 4 #14

How can intelligent people be so stupid orangecrush Mar 4 #15

Annual trainings on phishing just going out the window IronLionZion Mar 4 #16

Cute catfish photos. tanyev Mar 5 #26

Now do Trump. Dem2theMax Mar 4 #17

Does anyone in this country know how to keep their trap shut anymore? Ray Bruns Mar 5 #19

Maybe, just maybe... atreides1 Mar 5 #21

LOL...yeah,should have filed for some office somewhere before he plead out Bengus81 Mar 5 #24

Shucks....Trump just lost ANOTHER vote Bengus81 Mar 5 #23

This is the justice Trump should have received. rickford66 Mar 5 #25

TwilightZone

(25,505 posts)

1. FIrst, it was gaming buddies on Discord. Now, it's dating sites.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:26 PM

Mar 4

These guys aren't too bright.

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)

4. I can see the 21-year old

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:33 PM

Mar 4

But this guy is 63 (and retired military).

TwilightZone

(25,505 posts)

6. Agreed.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:42 PM

Mar 4

He's going to learn a painful lesson, as did the 21-year-old.

AllaN01Bear

(18,578 posts)

22. loose lips sink ships.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 10:22 AM

Mar 5

COL Mustard

(5,939 posts)

12. IIRC, this kind of offense is one where

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:00 PM

Mar 4

You can lose your retirement...military or civil service.

MotownPgh

(88 posts)

32. Double dip

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 01:01 PM

Mar 5

Retired with pension still on govt dime. Sensitive info not restricted as we've learned over and over. The retirement issue is a corporation problem as well.

paleotn

(17,990 posts)

13. Thinking with his little head, not his big one.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:12 PM

Mar 4

It happens more times than we'd like to be reminded. Thus the Russians became very good at it since Catherine the Great and probably before that.

MLAA

(17,346 posts)

18. Reminds me of General Petraeus.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:55 PM

Mar 4

SOB gave access to confidential info to his mistress.

From Wikipedia:

On April 23, 2015, Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified materials. He was given a two-year probationary period and a fine of $100,000

IronLionZion

(45,580 posts)

27. At least she was a real woman

Reply to MLAA (Reply #18)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:27 AM

Mar 5

the online dating catfish are often dudes.

MLAA

(17,346 posts)

30. True! Doubly stupid.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #27)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:44 AM

Mar 5

My guess is the current ego heavy idiot really thought that 25 year old was interested in him!

Attilatheblond

(2,235 posts)

28. Don't kid yourself. Older men can be just as lonely/horney as many 30-somethings

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:34 AM

Mar 5

Being 70+, it surprises me some old goat hits on me now and then. The guys looking for foreign girls know they are in it to buy a compliant not-American woman, young, pretty, and hopefully conditioned to be obedient. Evidently, their, ahem, mental state has them thinking with something lower than their brains.

Loneliness makes people desperate sometimes. And stupid a lot of times.

EDIT:
Opps meant this in response to # 4

MLAA

(17,346 posts)

31. True and loneliness and ego don't mix well.

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #28)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:50 AM

Mar 5

TexasBushwhacker

(20,228 posts)

2. WTF!!!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:28 PM

Mar 4

mysteryowl

(7,405 posts)

3. Let me guess... he is a trumpian RW fool

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:30 PM

Mar 4

Puke

getagrip_already

(14,907 posts)

5. ding-ding-ding you win the prize!

Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:41 PM

Mar 4

They are making it such a joke to be an actual patriot who believes in your country, its secrets, and its allies, that people think it's funny to just blurt stuff out to look cool. It's their right cuz it's putins country and we have no right to be there.

This is the crap trump dumped on us. This is the caustic shit he is responsible for.

I hope he has to wake up at 5:00 am every day and work hard until 8:00 pm, 7 days a week, until he is too old to get out of bed.

NBachers

(17,155 posts)

7. Looks like somebody caught a big catfish.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:56 PM

Mar 4

FakeNoose

(32,833 posts)

9. I hate to think that this is what occupies the FBI's time now

Reply to NBachers (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 09:21 PM

Mar 4

...catfishing the retired military guys who are blabbing secrets to impress "women" on dating sites.

Attilatheblond

(2,235 posts)

29. Well, they are charged with counter-intel work to protect classified information

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:40 AM

Mar 5

and a lot of men are really REALLY dumb.

marble falls

(57,397 posts)

8. Jail him.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 08:59 PM

Mar 4

Dan

(3,585 posts)

10. Another person that will probably run for President...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 09:27 PM

Mar 4

COL Mustard

(5,939 posts)

11. Ya just can't trust them dang Lieutenant Colonels these days!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 09:58 PM

Mar 4

On a dating site? WTF was he thinking? At 63 he should be old enough not to let his little friend down below do his thinking for him!

Ray Bruns

(4,120 posts)

20. "At 63 he should be old enough not to let his little friend down below do his thinking for him!"

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 09:37 AM

Mar 5

I’m 60 and it hasn’t happened to me. I don’t think you ever grow out of it.

AverageOldGuy

(1,562 posts)

14. "Certain responsibilities are incumbent to individuals with access to Top Secret information."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:26 PM

Mar 4

Prove it.

orangecrush

(19,655 posts)

15. How can intelligent people be so stupid

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:32 PM

Mar 4

I suspect there's booze involved.

IronLionZion

(45,580 posts)

16. Annual trainings on phishing just going out the window

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:34 PM

Mar 4

when faced with a cute catfish online

tanyev

(42,642 posts)

26. Cute catfish photos.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:02 AM

Mar 5

He probably would have been very disappointed with the actual appearance, age and maybe even gender of the person or people he was interacting with.

Dem2theMax

(9,656 posts)

17. Now do Trump.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:51 PM

Mar 4

Ray Bruns

(4,120 posts)

19. Does anyone in this country know how to keep their trap shut anymore?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 09:35 AM

Mar 5

atreides1

(16,100 posts)

21. Maybe, just maybe...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 10:19 AM

Mar 5

This guy should claim that he's running for office, and that this is election interference...too bad he doesn't have a judge or 6 in his pocket, to make sure of constant delays...