RALEIGH, N.C. (AP/The Blaze) — A search warrant says a U.S. Navy sailor stationed at Fort Bragg passed classified documents to someone he thought worked for a foreign intelligence agency in exchange for cash. The warrant, unsealed Friday in federal court, says 22-year-old Navy Reserve Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Minkyu Martin of Mexico, N.Y., accepted $3,500 from an undercover FBI agent.
According to the warrant, Martin gave the agent dozens of pages of documents that were either secret or top secret. The case was first reported by The Fayetteville Observer.
In the initial Nov. 15 meeting with the undercover agent, at a Hampton Inn near Fort Bragg, Martin told the agent his current assignment focused on Afghanistan, and that he would one day work for the Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the warrant.
“Martin stated that over his prospective 15 to 20 year career, he could be very valuable,” the warrant says.
Martin was paid $500, along with the promise of more money in exchange for secret documents, according to the warrant. At two subsequent meetings, Martin handed over documents in exchange for two payments of $1,500 in cash, for which he signed a receipt using a code name, the warrant says.
It could not be immediately determined if Martin has a lawyer.Martin has not been charged. He’s being held in Norfolk, Va.
Paul O’Donnell, a spokesman for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, says the agency does not believe Martin was able to pass any classified information to foreign agents.
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Comments (106)
IndyGuy
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:00amGive him a fair trial then walk the plank in shark infested waters…
Report Post »GrumpyCat
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 6:39amHis cholesterol content would be cruel to the sharks. :-)
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:58pmSure looks open and shut to me. But he deserves a fair trial. Then they could hang him from the yard arm of a ship so the other sailors could see it.
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:51pmHere’s a question, that PFC that stole hundreds of thousands of documents for Wikileaks last dump, how does a PFC get a hold of more than a few docs at once? It doesn’t make sense, I can see him being handed a few to pass along, but hundreds of thousands? Somewhere there’s a officer who just got away with treason.
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heavyduty
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:09amYou can download and burn to disk in just a few minutes. Some folders can contain thousands of files. So it wouldn’t be that hard to burn that many files in a short while. I can burn a movie that’s several Giga bytes in about 20 minutes. Files usually are any bigger than 100,000 bytes. So one disk without video or graphics could hold a lot of files.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:50pmLet him hang for his 3,500 pieces of silver.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:42pmthat little Mao wannabe must really hate America. take him around back and shoot him.
better yet, keel haul him.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:30pmOh, I can think of much worse, yet productive ways of “rehabilitating” this little peckerwood than putting him in front of a firing squad…although, if it is a busy day, a firing squad will do. ;-)
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:28pmThis crap is TREASON…
Sorry for the weak stomached liberal crowd, but these SOB’s need to be put in front of a cement wall and a firing squad needs to fire several rounds into these TRAITORS and set some examples out of them and show, they this kind of TREASON is punished in the most severe manner…
Maybe for the liberal crowd, how about this – tell them to pretend the traitors are fetus‘ and they’ll be cheering for the rifles to go off…
Report Post »Ross
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 7:25amWow! How true.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:20pmEventually the socialists will have no one left to blame or do the work for them and they will need us…because we certainly don’t need them. The rules will then go back to the basics and if they don’t work, they don’t eat, period.
Report Post »Marine Recon Dad
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:21pmThe trial should start with …
Ready! Aim!………..
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:33amDad
This sick s*&t endangers our boys and girls.
It’s getting worse and worse over there.
Maybe we ‘old timers’ should get involved.
I’d rather have you or me running point for my kids then any off these
malcontents.
I really would sign a waiver and go ‘in country’ without any hesitation.
THE GRAY BERETS.
1. I need an old Hummer, no reverse, no mirrors.
2. Mount a 50. to the hood.
(If Hummers are not available… just a Thompson and a load of canisters will do.
I’ll walk, albeit a little slower than junior.
Carry a 45. since the 9mm doesn‘t kill ’um… just scares ‘um’.
3. Tell Ahmed that a ‘grumpy’ old combat warrior is back, he’s angry and
looking for him and his inbreed buddies.
4. Let me serve ‘point’ for the convoys with louds speakers playing
Christmas songs and Adam Sandlers Hanukkah song in stereo.
5. Drag a dead pig from the rear bumper to avoid sneak attackes from behind.
6. Interrogate Ahmed by whacking them upside the head with pigs feet.
Gently of course… must not hurt the buggers.
Etc., etc.
Sounds like I’m kidding… but not.
I’d rather go in combat than wait for the new Medicare laws and
Potus’s let them die to thin the herd Congressional methods.
Wolverine
Report Post »Red Neckerson
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:19pmHow much you wanna bet he is gay? DADT
Report Post »cstcomputers
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:13pmFree speech my ass! This is what WikiLeaks and the left wing hate machine promulgates…
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:12pmI’m glad they caught this guy. The military needs to start really making an example of these traitors.
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:57pmGeorge Bush and the neo cons screw us over again, see.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:54pmone other thing where is the supervisors? even in the other case no one has mentioned the superior so how is a young rookie able to pull this kind of treason off with out some upper superior ? some one is covering their butts !!!!!!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:52pmUnified Code of Military Justice. Only trial he gets. No civilian trial. 20 years minimum in Fort Levenworth, Kentucky.
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:16pmBreaking rocks I hope.
Report Post »Arkie
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 11:05amFort Leavenworth is in Kansas.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:50pmcan we just shot these traders? i know, that is wrong, but this has to stop, this is the second time in less than a year this has happened so how do we handle this, while the left says give them another chance just like george sorros has a lawyer paying for the other traders defense so i am sure he will along with the left wing commies will help this trader, so there is only a few ways to stop treason and that is to jail them or { i guess by now you know the other way i say is the best way to deal with traders.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:29pmIt’s NOT WRONG Commonsenseguy ! ! ! ! It’s TREASON . Give him a MILITARY trial and when found guilty. . . . . SHOOT HIM . . . . Kill him. . . . Make an Examlpe of him . . . And Then Forget Him. . . . CARRY ON ! ! ! ! Next ………….
Report Post »patriot1952
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:50pmI served four years in the US Naval Security Group some 30 years ago, with a Top Secret Clearance and made about $300.00 per month. I would never even have considered selling info to a foreign agent or anybody else for that matter. This p.ick should be executed (if found guilty). After all, the info he was selling was about Afghanistan and aren’t we at war in Afghanistan? Treason and hanging. That will put a stop to this crap.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:09amWhat we did 30 days ago has no bearing on the quality of material
the military gets these days.
Everthing has been dumbed down.
The generations past are long gone. Just read some of the Blaze stories.
Stupidity is spreading like a disease thanks to the teachers, professors, etc.
who really believe in a socilal mentality.
This kind of sickness started in Nam and has spread ever since.
Wolverine
Report Post »bcope01
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:48pmThis dirtbag isn’t an Intelligence Officer. He is an Intelligence Specialist. Big difference!
Report Post »ADDICTED TO TRUTH
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:38pmWhy don’t they just disable the drives on the computers ???
Report Post »FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:37pmThe love of money is the root of all evil……………..VICTORY OR DEATH
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:35amThe money isn’t the Evil it what Evil people do with it.Just like saying gun control because guns kill people NO it’s the finger behind the trigger.Let them give him his trial and see what happens from there.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:37pmBRONCO II , Re-read what you commited on…. NOBODY SAID the money was evil…. IT’S THE LOVE OF MONEY, that is the ROOT of all EVIL, , THE LOVE OF MONEY! ! !
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:38pmVictory or Death ! ! !
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:27pm$3,500.00 or prison?
LOSER
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:24pmPS: They should put this guy in the general population and let it be known what he did.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:36pmI do agree with you on this part; let him be put in general population if he is found guilty of the charges against him.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:24amAnd make him wear a pink tutu.
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:23pmThis is truly sad. It should be noted the headline is technically incorrect. The man is a 3rd class Petty Officer (Enlisted) and not an Officer as the headline suggests.
Report Post »dutchtouch
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:20pmVery sad. Can you imagine selling your country for $3,500.00? Give him a fair trial and…. you know
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:50pmI wonder how he planned to spend his stash of dirty dollars in the coming years, since US funds won’t be worth toilet paper in a few more months, thanks to all the traitors in Washington. He should have asked for all his payments in gold…….douchebag….
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:52pmHe could spend the rest of he life in jail for $3.500 dollars. Makes you wonder
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:14pmThis is where we are and this I believe is just the tip of the iceberg.
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:17pmWonder if he is Muslim….then he won’t be prosecuted.
Report Post »manymoons768
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:25pmSad but true.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:22amWhy not?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:15pmHere we go once again; let the law deal with this man and the secrets he tried to sell.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:08pmSL: To one of your previous questions:
Report Post »1) aiding ad abetting the enemy
2) conduct unbecoming
3) theft of government property
plus other specific and general charges, execution is a most penalty
InGodWeTrust61
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:08pmI guess one doesn’t have to be too smart to become and Intelligence Specialist in the Navy.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:14pm@J.C. – thanks.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:32amTREASON . . . SHOOT HIM . . . . Kill him. . . . Make an Examlpe of him . . . And Then Forget Him. . . . CARRY ON ! ! ! ! Next ………….
Report Post »Wrath
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:05pmI think the person who made this guy an intelligence specialist probably has some splainin’ to do. Not the brightest bulb in the marquee.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:14pmTreason! Use a firing squad.
Report Post »TrueToTheCoreAmerican
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:17pmI’m with you! An effective end result for a crime is the only way to stop it.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:33pmIn the military is the stealing of secrets for profit able to lead to a charge of Treason? Or are their other charges more commonly filed against such individuals? I am unfamiliar with this procedure in the armed forces and am curious about how it is handled.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:38pmA couple of months back there was a brief story of a high rank KGB spy or agent defecting to the USA; could this capture be a result of information passed on to the FBI by the agent?
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:42pmThumbs up!!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:45pmA firing squad would be nice, but since we are talking about the Navy, I think perhaps a good old fashioned keel hauling might be even more appropriate.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:14pmHow about place him on a mini-sub and send it on a one way trip to the bottom of the abyssal plane.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:16pmI agree if they have him read handed and without resonable doubt. Fair trial first then if guilty the guns come out.
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
GeauxAlready
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:35pmSend him to Iraq and tell them he’s gay……..
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:12amJust make him drink water from the heavily polluted Elizabeth River while he’s in Norfolk – that’ll teach him. Save the bullets.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:59amRiddle me this:
I am PsyOps, I hang some gigs of bait on half-protected server(s) that contain plauseable goodies.
My counterpart in FBI goes and approaches the up & coming(S) in the service to VETT them-spook style. The CIC Approves the operation as it serves his agenda. WIKI is a bonus. or a boondoggle if they missed vetting-spook style, a DADT PFC who runs to Wiki before the FBI plays him.
This Brilliant Martin, may well have had a promising career, but blew his final exam.
Na, US intel don’t play games or DO they ?
What bothers me is they are catching the 20 somethings, what about the real moles already entrenched ?
Report Post »southerncross
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:24amtreason? The guy’s a Mexican…….how can he have committed treason, when he is NOT a natural born citizen?
No, the guy is guilty of espionage, not treason.
But, thats what you get, when you;
1) let foreigners enter your military
2) pay your soldiers lowly wages which leave them open to bribery
3) let gay socialists set the lilitary agenda
4) keep pumping money into secret operations and projects that can be exploited by foreign infiltrators.
Your military is NOT under your control……and if the FBI is setting up “stings”, then, the FBI already knew about the leakers, and, they’ve just got themselves another patsy to use as a scapegoat when the public finds out just how deep this hole goes.
The UN owns your military, they own your pentagon, and now they are coming for your economy…..because your treausy is just not enough to satisfy their greed, obviously.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:38amMaybe if somebody would start punishing these traitors they would stop.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:32am“Bryan Minkyu Martin of Mexico, N.Y.”
So Southern Cross, what makes you think he is from Mexico? I’ll give you a hint: N.Y. stands for New York, therefore Mexico is a city you numbnuts! Hisname sounds Mexican to you? Never met a Mexican named Bryan or Martin.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:41amOf course Minkyu sounds Japanese, he looks Asian or perhaps Eskimo.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:41amTreason defined: TREASON
This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court
Pretty simple, time for a trial and if found guilty; death.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:07amDemocrats put the condemned in the middle and put a circle of rifles around him.
Report Post »Jedi2112
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:28amYeah, definitely with you! It seems like we forgot what to do with traitors. Also, the price of ammunition is reasonable so it wouldn’t cost much for this fool.
Report Post »LtdGovt
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:38amHe isn’t an officer, not that it really matters to the whole treason issue. At the very least he should get life in prison doing hard labor. At the very best he should be shot by a firing squad.
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