15 May 2010

USMC Major Sentenced on Espionage Charges

A USMC major in California was sentenced for passing secrets in a counter-terror investigation.

t has been sentenced to 90 days in confinement.
Maj. Mark Lowe also was sentenced Thursday to a reprimand and ordered to forfeit $6,000 in pay.
He pleaded guilty in a military trial to dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Lowe and four others were accused of passing secret information to a sheriff's anti-terrorism unit between 2003 and 2004. Court testimony says some of the material came from the CIA.


By: Brant

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