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US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies
A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist pleaded guilty to attempting to transmit classified information to foreign intelligence services. Nathan Vilas Laatsch was arrested in May 2025 after an undercover FBI operation and caught passing secrets for a second time during the sting.
Why it matters: Organizations handling classified material need to assess insider threat controls; this case shows how insiders may attempt espionage despite existing vetting and monitoring.
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