Alaska soldier held on suspicion of espionage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier based in Alaska is being held without bail on suspicion of espionage. The Anchorage Daily News (http://(link tracking not allowed)/ux1RkW ) reports Spec. William C. Millay was arrested Friday.

The FBI spokesman for Alaska, Eric Gonzalez, says his agency and military personnel investigated the case. Millay is based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. He was jailed at the Anchorage jail but Gonzalez says Millay will be prosecuted through the military justice system.

Gonzalez says there is no connection between Millay and leaks of information to WikiLeaks. According to a weekend story in The Army Times, Millay was a military policeman from Owensboro, Ky., and was assigned to the 164th Military Police Company. Most members of that company are on a year deployment to Afghanistan that started in March.

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i did a search on this and found nothing so sorry if it is a repost and dont know if it is in the right forum.

it doesnt say exactly what he was doing, spying or passing information to ??? etc. does anyone else have any information on this story?

Interesting.. This is the first that heard of it sounds like a new incident..wouldnt be surprised as some soldiers do have a conscience and attempt to do the right thing.. wonder what dirty laundry he tried to air..

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I did some looking and have not been able to find out the specifics of this case....but we do know he is suspected of spying......I am wondering for who and/or what other country.....I am also wondering why he did what he did.

Erghhh they may as well replace espionage with terrorism...just a broad description to give justification of incarceration and absolutely no transparency as to the details.

I don't doubt that a soldier of any given country is capable of espionage but, would that not also constitute the word treason in there?

Interesting stuff.

I feel like they might be keeping him quiet. He may know something and has been talking too much to family and friends. November 9th anyone? Could be nothing.. could be huge. We won't know unless it happens.

We have many spies in our military now.


Green Card holders can join our military, but they can't get Security Clearances...no citizenship. They used to have to serve 3 years honorably, pay the $375, pass the test....then they could get US Citizenship....and finally a Security Clearance.


George Bush changed that and any foreigner with a Green Card in our military now only has to serve 1 day....and get citizenship and a Security Clearance....

President George Bush put spies in DOD.

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I remembered reading something about this last week and done a quick search. Apologies if you have already read this thread. Seems that he had been warning his family about a military build up.

this is the link to the thread www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by cosmickat
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I remembered reading something about this last week and done a quick search. Apologies if you have already read this thread. Seems that he had been warning his family about a military build up.

this is the link to the thread www.abovetopsecret.com...

thank you that is important information.

Thanks for the thread - it's interesting there's more information out there. I hope you post the new info here. Your thread after all. And truly? Well, I don't think we're hearing all the info at all. Pretty amazing this kid is going to get hammered and punished 'harshly'.

peace

Soldier Charged with Attempted Espionage. Or Warning His Mother To Prepare For The End of the World?

here is a new thread about the same topic... feel free to join that conversation as well. here is the information he posted

Alaska soldier charged with attempted espionage

A military policeman stationed in Alaska has been formally charged with attempted espionage by military prosecutors, who say he handed over unclassified national defense information to a contact he believed was a foreign intelligence agent.

The formal charges filed Monday against Army Spc. William Millay, assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, offer the first glimpse of the government's case against the 22-year-old soldier, who was arrested last week.

The Army statement released Monday suggests there was no actual contact between Millay and a foreign government, nor was any sensitive information handed over. Rather, Millay appears to have been caught by investigators, likely with the help of an informant, dealing with someone the young policeman purportedly believed was a foreign agent.


latimesblogs.latimes.com...

Strange Case of Kentucky Soldier Charged with Espionage

American Army Specialist William Millay, a 22-year-old military policeman from Owensboro, Ky., stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, has been arrested and is awaiting charges of espionage.

Reports from WAVE 3 in Louisville, The Associated Press and the Army Times all agree that the FBI, Army and local police worked together to build the case.

Millay was originally being held at the Anchorage jail but the military has stated that he will be prosecuted through the military justice system. Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll, a spokesman for U.S. Army Alaska, stated to Army Times that within a week, "We are preparing to prefer charges against Spc. Millay."

The FBI spokesman for Alaska, Eric Gonzalez, says his agency and military personnel investigated the case. Gonzalez also confirmed that Millay is not being connected to any leaks to WikiLeaks.

Greg Rinckey, an attorney who specializes in courts-martial, states, "The Army is very serious about prosecuting any types of espionage, or leaks or any type of mishandling of sensitive material."


www.associatedcontent.com...

Here is a site that was running the same story as the video posted about.
www.allvoices.com...
Which is "temporarily down".

And the story that broke this.
Strange case of Kentucky soldier charged with espionage

American Army Specialist William Millay, a 22-year-old military policeman from Owensboro, Kentucky, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska has been arrested and is awaiting charges of espionage.

Reports from Wave 3 in Louisville, Anchorage Daily News and the Army Times all agree that the FBI, Army and local police worked together to build the case.

Millay was originally being held at the Anchorage jail but the military has stated that he will be prosecuted through the military justice system. Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll, a spokesman for U.S. Army Alaska, stated to Army Times that within a week “We are preparing to prefer charges against Spc. Millay.”


www.examiner.com...