US Intelligence Analyst Leaked Classified Defense Info to His CNBC Lover newswithviews.com/us-intelligenc…
An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to his disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
Henry Kyle Frese, a Pentagon counter-terrorism analyst is accused of leaking classified documents related to North Korea and China to CNBC’s Amanda Macias and another reporter from a CNBC affiliated news organization.
Macias was Frese’s paramour, according to court documents and social media posts. Matthew Keys was the first to identify Macias as “Journalist 1” in Justice Department reports and statement and MSNBCs’ Courtney Kube is the other
A criminal complaint filed on October 9 in Eastern District of Virginia federal court stated that Frese was “caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain.”
The DOJ complaint adds that the disclosure of the information, “could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave harm to the national security of the United States.” He was hired in January 2017 and became a full-time employee with the ultimate level security clearance.
Frese pleaded guilty to the willful transmission of Top Secret national defense information, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison when sentenced on June 18, 2020, at 9:30 am. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties
