SAN DIEGO (CN) – A Navy commander on Tuesday pleaded guilty to bribery, including accepting prostitutes and cash to give a defense contractor classified ship schedules and other internal Navy information. Commander Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, is the fifth of… Read More ›
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Another Guilty Plea in Navy Corruption Ring
SAN DIEGO (CN) – A retired Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty to federal charges of overcharging the Navy for port services for U.S. ships and using some of the money “to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment,”… Read More ›
Navy Sailor Admits He Led a Hacking Group
By DAVID LEE (CN) – A former systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman has admitted leading hacking into more than 50 military, university and business computer systems to steal the identities… Read More ›
Navy’s second-in-command investigated in corruption scandal forced to resign
Published time: January 15, 2014 22:25 Robert Martinage (Navy) The US Navy has forced the second-highest ranked civilian official to resign as a result of a growing investigation into an alleged contracting conspiracy, which revealed sexual misconduct with a… Read More ›
Attrition: Fighter Pilots Doomed By Poverty
December 30, 2013: The political battles over chronic deficit spending in the United States has led to sharp and often unexpected cuts in the military budget over the last few years. This has forced the U.S. Air force… Read More ›
Engineers Claim They Were Fired for Refusing to Sign off on Defense Fraud
By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – A defense contractor fired two engineers for refusing to lie about flawed missiles that could endanger Navy pilots, the men claim in court. Tom Donnelly and Paul Braatz sued Alliant Techsystems… Read More ›
Another US Navy officer suspended in widening corruption probe
Another US Navy officer suspended in widening corruption probe The US Navy said on Thursday it has suspended the deputy commander of a unit responsible for port and harbor security as a result of allegations in connection with a widening… Read More ›
Feds: Navy Secrets Bought With Hookers, Gaga Tix
SAN DIEGO November 4, 2013 (AP) By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” the gregarious Malaysian businessman is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, where his company has serviced warships for 25 years. But prosecutors in… Read More ›
Aircraft carrier sold for 1 cent
Wednesday, 23 October 2013 Here’s a penny for your thoughts: One red cent could’ve landed you the Navy’s first supercarrier, the decommissioned Forrestal. The U.S. Navy sold the 1,067-foot behemoth to a Texas company, All Star Metals, to be… Read More ›
Senior officer, NCIS agent are among those arrested in Navy bribery scandal
By Craig Whitlock, Published: October 19 The U.S. Navy is being rocked by a bribery scandal that federal investigators say has reached high into the officer corps and exposed a massive overbilling scheme run by an Asian defense contractor that provided… Read More ›
Navy hit with bribery scandal as high profile commander charged with accepting Lady Gaga tickets and prostitutes in exchange for classified information
Also charged were Leonard Glenn Francis, the CEO of defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd And John Bertrand Beliveau II, a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service – NCIS By James Nye PUBLISHED: 00:20 EST, 22 October… Read More ›
Singapore firm barred from U.S. contracts over bribery case -( Navy ) Three charged in case, including Navy officer
Source: Reuters – Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:06 AM Author: Reuters * Three charged in case, including Navy officer * Captain of U.S. amphibious assault ship relieved of duty * Travel, prostitutes and Lady Gaga tickets WASHINGTON, Oct 21… Read More ›
Man who set fire in U.S. nuclear sub gets 17-year sentence: “caused as much as $500 million in damages “
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:41 GMT Reuters By Sarah Mahoney PORTLAND, Maine, March 15 (Reuters) – A civilian painter who twice set fires on a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine last year so that he could get out of work early… Read More ›
Navy spy prepared threat assessments for Canadian ships
Navy spy Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle, who has pleaded guilty to selling vast amounts of top secret material to the Russians, had access to top-level files while performing his job preparing threat assessments for navy ships. In his confession interview… Read More ›
Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products: “It’s your worst nightmare,”
2009 report posted for filing : Engineering Evil : I don’t believe a single thing has been done about this crisis since this report. Not even a simple mention in the nightly news. Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/03/2009 –… Read More ›
U.S. Navy builds robot modelled on Star Wars character C-3PO to fight fires on board warships
By Emma Clark PUBLISHED:10:46 EST, 14 October 2012| UPDATED:11:49 EST, 14 October 2012 A robot with the ability to fight fires on board warships has been developed by military scientists based on the popular Star Wars character C-3PO. It might… Read More ›
