FBI On The Insider Threat: U.S. Soldier Receives 16-year Sentence For Attempted Espionage

 

 The FBI offers a piece on the insider threat, spotlighting the case of a U.S. Army military policeman who was convicted of ettempted espionage.

A 22-year-old military police officer in Alaska has been sentenced to a 16-year jail term in connection with his efforts to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian intelligence officer.

In 2011, William Millay was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage when he began to talk to—and solicit help from—other military members regarding selling classified national defense information to the Russians.

“This case really drives home the point that the insider threat is alive and well," said Special Agent Sam Johnson, who supervisies a national security squad in our Anchorage Division. “That’s why counterintelligence investigations continue to be a very high priority for the FBI.”

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link to the FBI web page:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/april/soldier-receives-16-year-sentence-for-attempted-espionage/soldier-receives-16-year-sentence-for-attempted-espionage

You can also read more about the Millay case via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2013/04/alaska-military-policeman-sentenced-to_18.html

U.S. Army Specialist In Alaska Charged With Attempted Espionage And Other Offenses

The U.S. Military announced yesterday that a soldier stationed in Alaska was charged with attempted espionage and other charges.

11/7/2011 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Nov. 7 - Specialist William Colton Millay (seen in the above photo), 22, a military policeman assigned to the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade was formally charged today with attempted espionage, failing to obey regulations, issuing false statements, solicitation and communicating defense information.

Millay, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was apprehended Oct. 28 at 6:30 a.m. on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska by Army Counterintelligence Special Agents and Army CID for suspicion of espionage.

The charges are in connection with a joint investigation on Spc. Millay by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Army Counterintelligence and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

You can read the rest of the release via the below link:

http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123279102