Reply #1: Navy says sailor in brig stole laptop, gave out classified info [View All]

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"After refusing to release full details on a pending espionage case involving a petty officer held in the Norfolk brig, the Navy on Tuesday provided some specifics about the charges.

The Navy's charges depict Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann as a sailor who stole a Navy laptop computer, deserted his ship for more than eight months and traveled the globe, both attempting to give and actually delivering classified defense information to an undisclosed foreign government.

Weinmann, a fire control technician previously assigned to the submarine Albuquerque, had an Article 32 hearing July 26 in Norfolk, said Ted Brown, a spokesman for the Navy's Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk.

Brown said Weinmann is represented by two Navy attorneys, Lt. Cmdr. Karen Somers and Lt. William Tansey.

"At this point in the proceedings, it is not in my client's best interest to comment on the case," Somers said Tuesday through a spokeswoman."

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