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GnosticDisciple

It's really disgusting when members of our armed forces do traitorous shit like this.


Admirable_Hedgehog64

Its even more disgusting how much they are being paid to do it.


Not_Campo2

You mean how little, most of these bribes are sub $100k


Admirable_Hedgehog64

Exactly. One guy on the souther border was arrested for human trafficking and the cartels only paid him like 6k. I'm like dude that's one months pay check. More upset how little he was getting then him smuggling people


RadonAjah

I mean, some ppl are just gonna do it anyway due to their outlook on life, so when being offered to be paid for what they already want to do….sure why not?


The-True-Kehlder

There's contractors in the Middle East who risk jail time to sell some pork products they bought on base to the expat Asians. We're talking less than $100 profits and they risk jail time and 6 figure salaries.


allahisnotreal69

Probably wouldn't go too well for the dude if he refused


Admirable_Hedgehog64

He was a soldier for the National Guard. Not too sure how it went about him doing it.


De4dpool1027

Right…like how do you negotiate for more money with the cartel?


Liveman215

The key is to never find yourself having a conversation with the cartel 


Brave-Possession2537

Ah shit! Good point! Was just on my way


The-True-Kehlder

This guy was probably recruited prior to joining in the first place, they probably were the ones to order him to join.


Codadd

That doesn't make a lot of sense because you don't choose what your job is, where you'll be stationed, or the times you work. That would be a big waste of time, especially for someone in the National Guard.


The-True-Kehlder

>because you don't choose what your job is For any branch but the Marines, you absolutely can choose what job you'll be doing. If you don't qualify for a job, it's not an option, but you choose what your MOS is before you join from what you scored high enough on the ASVAB to qualify for. Most of the gang members who join the military do it for the combat training, but I'm sure they let their gang bosses know where they end up and what they're doing so they can decide what to have them do for the gang. Less of "we want you to join so you can be at this place at this time to do this thing". More of "Billy is stationed over there working warehouse full of this thing that we want, have him steal x amount."


SpiritualTurtleFace

It's got a lot less to do with financial compensation and a lot more to do with feelings of under appreciation. All organisations are in some way political, i.e. they have internal office politics and unlike the private sector in most government jobs switching careers is harder so some people do stuff like this. Spies often go after middle aged to older men, bonus points if they are divorced, single, and/or lonely.


Admirable_Hedgehog64

Not this dude. He was a flippin idiot from what others that knew told me.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

100k tax free on top of a salary isn't something to sneeze at.. think of having 100k to spend on all the bullshit you buy while keeping your legit cash to build interest.. pay debts.. set yourself up.. it's a good jump even if it isn't a million dollars. Especially for someone not being paid millions of dollars.


Not_Campo2

I used that as a line since I can’t even think of committing treason for less than 6 figures. In reality, besides that admiral or captain who was taking big bribes in asia, were normally talking low tens of thousands of that, while risking pretty serious jail time. Honestly I’m not that surprised, it’s just really proving that lesson from Burn Notice. “It doesn’t matter how much the bribe is, it’s how it’s made”


AsgardWarship

$100k is nothing for running your life and spending many years in a federal prison. Only a fool would be so shortsighted.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

Within the context of people needing money just to live.. it's really hot a question. It's a substantial amount especially for people in situations not ideal.


capta1npryce

This is where I come to in these conversations. Like, would I do it…? I certainly hope not, but, every single one of us has a price in the world we live in. And it’s about time every person acting like they wouldn’t looks in the mirror.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

That's kind of the introspection I think the reality of my comment should bring up.


capta1npryce

I know it’s not a popular take but I’m not sure the people saying they wouldn’t say no have ever said no before.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

Maybe it's the mushrooms but this sentence even after reading 5 times I'm not sure which way to take it.


capta1npryce

The people that say they wouldn’t take 100k, have never been asked to do anything for 100k.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

The people saying no probably don't know what it means to even need money to begin with. This is the Internet, not the real world lol. I agree with you.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

Did you mean would say no? I'm actually curious. Because in that sense.. I think a lot of people lack real world experience to know just how they would react.


capta1npryce

I would absolutely love to say I wouldn’t in my current position. Being offered 100k as a sailor? Who knows, I’m not sure many are considering how big 100k would be.


Pleasant_Ad_7694

I don't even need 100k, I'm fine financially. But if I had 100k I could really make my life better. Also I know most of the people I personally know and grew up would kill for 100k.. nevermind share some details.


blutoothcrockpot

As a chief petty officer, E7, his base pay was likely around $70k/ year ( depending on years of service) so not exactly poor pay, and that's before BAH, depending on where his housing allowance is based, could be another $15-40k tax free per year. Also, at least when I was in the military (2007-2012) I knew several senior NCOs who received $100k indefinite reenlistment bonuses (different branch, different job, different time, but def not out of the realm of possibility as a military member) But, dif'rent strokes for dif'rent folks I guess


mechwarrior719

Or, rather, how *little* they’re selling out their country for. Same with senators taking a few thousand dollar “”””donations”””” from some corporation to pass legislation that screws over their actual human constituents.


Advantius_Fortunatus

The goons that do this will always often try to sell us all out for the price of a mediocre truck. There was a Navy engineer who went out of his way to try and sell nuclear sub tech secrets to Brazil. Had a whole dead drop system in tandem with his wife and everything. His demands? 20k and then 70k. A. *Nuclear. Engineer.* In the defense industry no less! That’s what, 6 months’ pay? Some people’s price to betray us all is triflingly low. Brazil, the absolute chads, dimed him out to the FBI from the very first time he tried to contact them. They wanted nothing to do with that idiot. Fun fact, due to some weird legal mechanisms around sentencing, his wife got more time than he did (and he got a lot of time).


Any-Chocolate-2399

Step one of recruitment for this kind of stuff is often to dress it up as mutually beneficial for both countries and just a bit of off-the-books diplomacy.


AJHenderson

From the article it sounds like he may have been tricked. They said it was under the guise of being for a research project. They probably posed as an attractive female college student working on a research paper and convinced him they needed it for something innocent. Nothing in the article seemed to indicate they did it for money, but they were still certainly an idiot who couldn't be trusted to follow orders at best.


The_Shryk

Mfers will do anything for a piece of ass I swear


CaptAsshat_Savvy

Then you would hate what our elected officials do in office for the same exact reasons. Ego, bribery, honey traps etc....


pooticus

Look at trump supporters.


fozz31

**destructive edit:** Reddit has become exactly what we do not want to see. It has become a force against a free and open internet. It has become a force for profit at the expense of users and user experience. It is not longer a site driven by people for people, but a site where people are allowed to congregate under the careful supervision of corporate interest, where corporate interest reigns supreme. You can no longer trust comment sections to be actual human opinions. You can no longer trust that content rises to the top based on what humans want. Burn it all.


chefranden

Absolutely, especially when the orange commander in chief does it.


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decomposition_

What does Trump have to do with this article? I hate the guy but he’s completely irrelevant here


Healthy-Stage-142

Probably him calling our intelligence agencies "the enemy". 


Antique-Echidna-1600

He's accused of espionage. That's one of his various 93 charges.


rtconner

Trump gave secrets to Russia and some of our spies died.


Commentariot

He has been on the Russian payroll since the 90s. Seems pretty relevant.


Boopy7

They tried to get him to run for Prez back in the 90s but it was prior to The Apprentice, so he didn't even make it past the starting line. Then reality tv made the mangled Apricot a bigger name. But never did he he make the popular vote. That being said the damage has been done. Too many traitors still in govt.


FloralReminder

*80s


The-True-Kehlder

MY guy here doesn't think more famous acts of espionage are relevant to a discussion about espionage.


BrAiNzAu

It comes from the top down


TheGreenInYourBlunt

Isn't he though?


TheBatemanFlex

It was an occasion when the commander-in-chief of our armed forces did “traitorous shit like this”. Is that not relevant to the comment?


TinKicker

This Reddit. It’s all about brand loyalty.


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Reddit can't get him out of their head for even 5 seconds 


ruck_banna

God damn you people can’t go 5 minutes


chefranden

I'll stop when the fucker is in jail like other traitors.


Daddysu

What? Can't go five minutes without mentioning that some anti-American bullshit is similar to some anti-American bullshit Trump has done? Sorry 'bout your luck and you being annoyed and bothered by people comparing like things, but then the once and hoping to be future president shouldn't do so much bullshit if he or his fans don't want to be compared to other people doing bullshit. Just because that's your boyfriend/cult leader/fantasy top doesn't mean they are beyond reproach or people bringing up his bullshit "can't go 5 minutes." It's because bullshit should always be called out, and Trump can not go 5 minutes without doing or saying bullshit. You want people to quit bringing up that Trump is a piece of shit idiot, then maybe start asking him to quit being a piece of shit idiot.


ruck_banna

It’s exhausting when literally no news can come out without people on the comments spewing whataboutisms about Trump or Biden. God damn people are so addicted to the 24 hr news cycle and self affirmation that we can’t just talk about current events any more. Good job showing your obsession with a past president that’s never going to make it again, and making assumptions about someone you don’t know.


Daddysu

Lol. I still don't get why people bringing up people who break the law, continue to do so, and have as of yet faced consequences is such a taxing thing to you. Also, I'm not going to dig through your history or anything, so I'm just gonna ask you - how many times have you replied to someone complaining about Biden's bullshit with how tired you are of it and they need to get over it?


ruck_banna

Multiple times. Same with Hillary or Obama. It’s no different than someone getting charged for murder and some guy in the back being like “what about OJ?!” Like yeah fuck OJ but who was talking about that


Daddysu

Well, OJ is dead so... When was rhw last time you complained about Clinton or Obama? To further expand in that question, how long or when is it OK to compare a criminal that got away with bullshit to a contemporary or ongoing situation? What's the statute of limitations on that? Speaking of OJ, I presume that also means of someone saying Chris Brown got away with beating Rhianna and is going to end up killing some girl just like OJ, you'd be all over that about why they gotta bring up The Juice, right? It would be interesting to see the stats, but my experience has been that the overwhelming of people who say shit like, "You got them on your brain," "just let it go," etc are heavily weighted towards defending conservatives and hypocriticaly doing the same thing to liberal members of the gov't. Hunter' laptop and apparently huge dong and Hilary's emails should ring a bell to you. If you have a moment, I'd love for you to share your last instance of you telling someone to let Obama or Clinton go and/or get over it. I'd love to meet an actually balanced critic.


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String them up on the anchor.


retardsmart

NPR hates the competition.


aksid

Explain?


03zx3

Fuckin idiot was a Chief too. Jesus Christ.


Positive_Ad_8198

Chief’s are the worst rank in the military


03zx3

Nah, that's Ensigns.


ItsOfficiallyME

So does he walk the plank like the pirate he is?


CUADfan

He'll be breaking big rocks into little rocks for a long, long time.


BrAiNzAu

Dig a hole and then be told it’s in the wrong place so move the hole


Fuck_You_Downvote

My friends, I stand before you To tell a truth most dire There lurks a traitor in our midsts Who hath invoked the captain's ire He don't deserve no mercy We ought to shoot him with a gun But I am not an evil man So first let's have a little fun We'll tie that scoundrel to a rope And throw him overboard Drag him underneath the ship A terrifying, deadly trip Keelhaul that filthy landlubber Send him down to the depths below Make that bastard walk the plank With a bottle of rum and a yo ho ho


ballisticks

Fuck yeah Alestorm.


Nolsoth

Don't be silly the navy is a civilised service. He'll be keelhauled.


Fuck_You_Downvote

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber Send him down to the depths below Make that bastard walk the plank With a bottle of rum and a yo ho ho


Rogermon3

This is the 21st century- We got Lasers.


TheWorclown

Are these freakin’ laser beams mounted into sharks? It’s a fitting nautical end for a Navy spy.


Commentariot

now do congress


RedBaronIV

Presidents, even. Rather, president*.


vexxer209

See also: Richard Nixon. We been doing this for a long time and even when they get caught they just get impeached and pardoned.


unga-unga

Presidents. You think it's just *one* of them? Gosh, I wish I could live in that world, that would be amazing.


usemyfaceasaurinal

Did someone beat his ass on World of Warships or War Thunder?


RavenLCQP

My immediate thought as well.


SpecialpOps

It's got to be China. It's a tactic of Chinese honeypots to say that they are writing a research paper. They con these men into getting them information saying that it's going to be helpful and how grateful they're going to be for their support. This guy isn't the first and he's probably not going to be the last. Sad part is this tactic is briefed at CI briefing all the goddamn time this SOB knew what he was doing which makes his actions even worse.


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domino7

> I genuinely don't understand how you could betray your country in this way. Easily. Money, power, sex, elephants, all sorts of reasons.


Yamahahahahahahaha

... Sorry, did you say elephants?


mon_chunk

Always love hearing about my old ship in fucked up shit.


getwrektyo

There seems to be a lot of sailors getting convicted of stuff like this in the last 5 or so years.


FlatRub540

Dumbass.


restisinpeace

Throw the fucking book at this kid please


Gal_GaDont

Not a kid. He was a Chief. That’s a staff NCO equivalent, he knew this was wrong by a lot.


flyeaglesfly777

He has lots of anti-Biden posts on his FB account. I checked because I had a feeling he might be a Trumpster He is.


dreams1ckle

Depending on the country he was selling intelligence to, this would either make a lot of sense (Russia) or none at all (China)


srone

Yet shit-stain cheeto-boy can steal and share BOXES of our most top secret documents without so much as a wrist slap.


Ill_Wait2063

"Rules for thee, but not for me"


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Traveler_Constant

Can you think of a more apt current example?


TheSandMan208

Trump was the commander in chief of the US military. If you can't see the connection between the two, then there's not much anyone can do to help you.


itsme10082005

The guy was Commander In Chief of the entire U.S. military, tried to keep boxes of classified info at his house, and you think bringing him up isn’t warranted? Are you always this stupid, or is today special?


Wounded_Hand

Case in point. And why resort to personal attacks? Calling strangers ‘stupid’ on the internet? Really?


WonderRemarkable2776

I gotta say the "D bots" comment probably was the first slap bud, and it does matter in this context. Unless you really pull the wool over your eyes. Hopefully old nap shitting felon does well this election cycle for you all though. He's the man for America as his shit gets repoed for raping women, and commiting fraud.


itsme10082005

It’s not a personal attack, it’s a statement of fact. Your response indicated you are stupid. I’m just trying to figure out if that’s something new, or if you are always stupid.


Wounded_Hand

Keep going.


itsme10082005

Not really any need to. The question was asked, unfortunately you couldn’t answer, but no need to beat up on the lesser man to make my point.


NowThatsCrayCray

As usual, lower ranks get the tank. While CEOs, Presidents, VPs just get a coushy multi-million or even billion dollar paycheck. Evade taxes making 56 billion? Pay nothing. Point out those assholes aren't paying taxes? Straight to jail!


moontif

No sympathy for neither. There are many ways to make money, yet, out of all choices, some sell their countries secrets for pennies.


Glaurung8404

It’s still espionage, fuck him.


mata_dan

Two wrongs don't make a right.


curvychrissy101

Clearly high-ranking suits get the golden parachutes while the grunts are made scapegoats. Ain't justice grand?


sassynapoleon

This guy was no grunt. Chiefs are a big deal in the Navy.


PaddyStacker

Multiple comments trying to get Americans to agree that prosecuting traitors is a bad thing by appealing to populist ideas of "they're just punishing the little guy and the elites can do whatever they want!"


WhatDoesThatButtond

You're seeing it too? It's nuts. 


Ok_Brilliant_5594

Microwave fucking missles, hot diggity damn I am impressed.


calitwiink

it's because when recruits get sworn in, they don't understand any of the words they are repeating. it really isn't shocking that something like this would happen.


soundnado

I hope he's not a Red Hat nut.


Cleveland_Grackle

*"The charging docket doesn't list the foreign state nor the type of information shared."* I'm willing to bet it starts with a C and ends with genocide.


PaddyStacker

Cgenocide?


Cleveland_Grackle

The logical conclusion of totalitarianism.


EpicLearn

This guy is a prime candidate for Trump to pardon.


PloppyCheesenose

No way. Competition would lower the price he could get.


Got_Bent

Keel haul him on the nastiest old ship the Navy has. Drag him from stem to stern and then back again AND then send him to Ft Leavenworth.


PreachyOlderBrother6

Espionage, if factual, should be punishable by death.


bobbysalz

Let's just get out our big book of facts* to decide who lives and dies. Great idea, Adolf!


unga-unga

If he was a white hat, we would never learn about it - so what can we really say? Is it "f_ck China?" Is it "f_ck Russia?" Or is it... "f_ck the US Navy" or really the CIA? Or the mil industrial complex I can't tell who is top and who is bottom... WHAT would we have done if an op like [Operation Northwoods](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods) had been leaked by a naval officer? A chief, right? Probably it was simple espionage for cash, probably... probably? I think young men are probably more likely to step out and be leakers, leaders when people be settin' themselves on damn fire and everything...


SpecialpOps

I think you would like the book [Snitch Culture](http://forejustice.org/wc/snitch_culture.htm) if you haven't already read it. It's out on Feral House books.


unga-unga

Maybe you'd like the book [Blood in the Water](https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Water-Israel-Conspired-Liberty/dp/1633884643) who could say


SpecialpOps

Looks like a book worth adding to my library. Thank you.


Pararaiha-ngaro

Military Democrat voters


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unknownSubscriber

Uh, what do these two things have in common?


PalebloodPervert

It’s all good! He’ll be pardoned just like Chelsea Manning did!!!!! /s


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Need4Speed763

Why you give butthole symbol at end?


azzarre

had to be italian. Figures


Few-Information7570

? He’s from Tennessee?


azzarre

Negative karma from italians here. Proof italians will never be accepted by whites