ATTORNEY SAYS NAVY INVESTIGATOR WILL PLEAD GUILTY
Source: AP
SAN DIEGO (AP) A senior Navy criminal investigator downloaded more than 100 confidential files for an Asian defense contractor at the center of a multimillion-dollar fraud investigation, prosecutors say. In exchange for his tips, John Beliveau II accepted luxury trips from the Malaysian defense contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis, who would arrange for prostitutes to meet him, according to charging documents.
Beliveau's attorney said his client will plead guilty to bribery charges Tuesday in federal court in San Diego. The conviction will be a first for federal prosecutors in the massive scandal that has netted the arrests of three Navy officials and prompted the military branch to suspend two admirals' access to classified material...
In exchange, Francis, who is known in military circles as "Fat Leonard" because of his wide girth, lined up prostitutes, luxury hotel stays and tickets to shows for the Navy officials, including a Lady Gaga concert in Thailand, according to a criminal complaint...
According to the complaint, Beliveau, 44, not only kept Francis abreast of the bribery probe but advised him on how to respond, as well as downloaded sensitive records from the case files of his fellow Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents. Prosecutors believe Beliveau later shared the details with Francis...
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Unlike Snowden, this is what a real traitor looks like.
What a creep. How could any offer overrule your decency as an American? Hope he get the maximum removal of all possessions and a loss of a chunk of his freedom.
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...between Edward Snowden and a real traitor like John Beliveau.
He's got a lot of great examples...look at most of the corporations that have gone the overseas route! Do you believe that the Walton's or the Koch Brothers really care about America...not a chance!
Those are the examples he's had...and he knew his retirement wasn't going to be able to support him!
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...but he certainly made his bed.
What bothers me is that whistle-blowers like Snowden, Manning, and Assange get lumped in with real criminals & traitors like this character.