{"id":170028,"date":"2025-05-30T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=170028"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:37:07","slug":"us-government-employee-protests-trumps-policies-by-attempting-to-share-classified-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=170028","title":{"rendered":"US government employee protests Trump’s policies\u2013 by attempting to share classified information"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nathan Laatsch, 28, downloaded classified material and placed it at an agreed-upon drop point. Laatsch felt that he hit the jackpot. He had reached out to who he thought was a foreign agent in hopes of trading in classified material for citizenship in that country. Laatsch was willing to entertain receiving other forms of compensation.\u00a0 Laatsch apparently was motivated to do this by his not being aligned with the Trump administration’s policies. Unfortunately for Laatsch, the “foreign government official”\u00a0 turned out to be an FBI agent.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An email to the FBI said that the person — later identified as Laatsch — didn’t “agree or align with the values” of the Trump administration, and would be willing to share classified information that he could access, including “completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation.”<\/p>\n

Laatsch communicated with an FBI agent, whom he believed to be a foreign government official, multiple times and would confirm that he was ready to share classified information that he transcribed onto a notepad at his desk, the DOJ said. He allegedly exfiltrated the information from his workspace multiple times over a three-day period in preparation.<\/p>\n

The FBI set up an operation at a northern Virginia park where Laatsch was to deposit classified information “for the foreign government to retrieve,” according to the DOJ. He was observed by the FBI on or around May 1 depositing an item at the specified location.<\/p>\n

Once he left, the DOJ said FBI agents retrieved a thumb drive from the area found to contain a message from Laatsch and multiple typed documents with information portion-marked for Secret or Top Secret levels. His message allegedly indicated that he was sharing “a decent sample size” of classified information to demonstrate the types of things he has access to.<\/p>\n

On May 7, after Laatsch learned that the thumb drive had been retrieved, he allegedly sent a message to the undercover agent appearing to say that he was seeking something in exchange for providing the information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pritchett, E. (2025, May 30). US IT specialist arrested after attempting to share classified information with foreign government: DOJ. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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