U.S. Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman immediately sentenced Nishimura to two years of probation, a $7,500 fine, and forfeiture of personal media containing classified materials. Nishimura was further ordered to surrender any currently held security clearance and to never again seek such a clearance.
According to court documents, Nishimura was a Naval reservist deployed in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. In his role as a Regional Engineer for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Nishimura had access to classified briefings and digital records that could only be retained and viewed on authorized government computers. Nishimura, however, caused the materials to be downloaded and stored on his personal, unclassified electronic devices and storage media. He carried such classified materials on his unauthorized media when he traveled off-base in Afghanistan and, ultimately, carried those materials back to the United States at the end of his deployment. In the United States, Nishimura continued to maintain the information on unclassified systems in unauthorized locations, and copied the materials onto at least one additional unauthorized and unclassified system.
Nishimura’s actions came to light in early 2012, when he admitted to Naval personnel that he had handled classified materials inappropriately. Nishimura later admitted that, following his statement to Naval personnel, he destroyed a large quantity of classified materials he had maintained in his home. Despite that, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Nishimura’s home in May 2012, agents recovered numerous classified materials in digital and hard copy forms. The investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel.
This case was the product of an investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Jean M. Hobler prosecuted the case
More fun I was unaware of from the article I posted
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We should be pushing the Comey angle too, he's been covering for the Clintons before he even became a director at the FBI.
Jordan Murphy
This man must be removed from office, he is blatantly ignoring the rule of law.
Henry Baker
Probation means you don't get jailed for it.
But you're still sentenced.
I'm fairly sure in some states US states even a misdemeanor get your probation turned into real jailtime.
Jeremiah Morris
MISCHI-MMUSHI-MUSHIMUSHI!!
Charles Lewis
Where do you get this idea from? That is clearly not how things work…
There are rules for them and rules for us. If you or I did 1/64th of what the Clintons have done then we would be looking at the inside of a gas chamber. Clintion's do every crime in the book and they get to be POTUS and have 150million people tripping over themselves to defend them. Thats the reality of the USA now.
Cameron Ross
Such is life in the animal farm.
Dylan Watson
You do realize that Duffleblog is satire, right?
Jose Reed
The USA is a Jewish nation. I would not expect anything else from them.
Zachary Perry
WAVE UPON WAVE OF DEMENTED AVENGERS MARCH CHEERFULLY OUT OF OBSCURITY INTO THE DREAM.
Carson Wright
Goddammit, you're ruining it
Jordan Smith
Wait a couple of weeks and it won't be.
Lucas Foster
Notice he admits to it. Notice Hillary does not. Notice he also destroys a large quantity, Hillary destroys three.
Never admit to a crime.
Brandon Morris
I complain about summer but in truth newfags always make me laugh with shit like this
