RT-Engels: 30-05-2025,
Nathan Laatsch allegedly tried to pass classified data to a foreign government, citing disagreement with the US president’s policies
An IT specialist at the US Defense Intelligence Agency has been arrested for allegedly attempting to provide classified information to a foreign government, citing his opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies, according to the Department of Justice.
Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was charged on Thursday with trying to share classified information with someone he believed represented a foreign government. He was detained following an FBI sting operation.
Laatsch, who has worked as an IT specialist in the DIA’s Insider Threat Division since 2019, allegedly expressed intent to share classified materials due to ideological differences with the Trump administration.
“The recent actions of the current administration are extremely disturbing to me,” he said in an email reportedly intercepted by the FBI. “I do not agree or align with the values of this administration and intend to act to support the values that the United States at one time stood for.”
The DOJ said the FBI had initiated an investigation in March after receiving a tip about Laatsch’s intentions. Undercover agents, posing as representatives of a foreign government, communicated with Laatsch, who began transcribing classified information onto a notepad at his desk over a three-day period. He then allegedly concealed the notes in his socks and lunchbox to remove them from the facility.
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