Former US Army Green Beret charged with sharing info with Russian GRU
A former Army Green Beret who described himself as a 'son of Russia' was charged Friday with divulging military secrets about his unit's activities to Russian intelligence.
Senator McCarthy for the win......
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More dumb asses ripe for the picking....
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US soldiers go viral after sharing their reasons for joining the army
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My computer skilz may not be the bestest, but I got a LOT of ads pop up/over/in-front-of those links which made them unreadable. I'll wait for the Cliff-Notes to come out.
Former US Army Green Beret who said America needed to be 'cut down to size' is charged with sharing top secret information about his chemical and Special Forces units with Russian intelligence over 15 years
- Peter Debbins, 45, is charged with divulging military secrets to Russian intelligence while he served in the U.S. Special Forces
- He allegedly handed over information on his units' men, equipment and mission over the course of 15 years
- Debbins told GRU agents he was a 'son of Russia' and ready to 'serve'
- He added that the U.S. needed to be 'cut down to size'
- He was also motivated by his bitterness over his Army career
- At one point, he said he wished to leave the military but was convinced to remain
- MI-5 is believed to have played a role in building the case against him
A former Army Green Beret who described himself as a 'son of Russia' was charged Friday with divulging military secrets about his unit's activities to Russian intelligence for more than a decade.
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, told agents of the GRU, Russia's primary military intelligence agency, that America needed to be 'cut down to size' and he was there to 'serve' them, according to an indictment made public after his arrest in Virginia.
The indictment also states that Debbins was motivated in part because of bitterness over his Army career and a desire to establish business contacts in Russia.
Prosecutors claim that between 1996 and 2011, Debbins betrayed the U.S. by disclosing information about the number of men, equipment, and location of his units in a series of meetings with GRU agents.
Debbins held Secret and later Top Secret security clearances during the time of his criminal conduct, according to the indictment.
The meetings first began when he was recruited while studying as an ROTC student at the University of Minnesota in Russia in 1996, although he had first visited the country as a 19-year-old in 1994.
It all started with him handing over the names to his Russian handlers of four Catholic nuns he had visited while in Russia.
During the years Debbins was supplying the GRU with information, he served in the 4th chemical company in South Korea and the 7th chemical company in Louisiana, before being assigned as Captain to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces, stationed in Germany.
From here, he was deployed to Azerbaijan and the Republic of Georgia and awarded Top Secret security clearance in 2004.
During a meeting in June 1999 while he was stationed in South Korea, Debbins learned that he was meeting with agents of the GRU, not the Federal Security Service, as he had previously believed.
Despite this, he still handed over information on the 4th Chemical Company's men, equipment and mission.
He then told the agents he wished to leave the military but they encouraged him to stay, at one point accusing him of being a U.S. spy and threatening him with a polygraph test.
Debbins insisted he 'loved and was committed to Russia'.
In later meetings, the GRU agents offered him training to beat a polygraph.
They also encouraged his decision to join the Special Forces, saying 'he was of no use to the Russian intelligence service as an infantry commander.'
In his dealings with the GRU, Debbins also allegedly shared names of his fellow service men so Russia could try to recruit them.
In return, he was plied with gifts such as money and a Russian military uniform.
As far back as 1997, Debbins was even assigned a code name by Russian intelligence agents - Ikar Lesnikov - after signing a statement saying that he wanted to serve Russia, according to prosecutors.
On multiple occasions, the Russian handlers asked Debbins for U.S. military field manuals.
Debbins explained that he was unable to provide them because he believed that carrying the manuals would prompt Homeland Security to stop him at the airport and seize his electronic devices.
'According to the allegations, Mr. Debbins knowingly provided information to self-proclaimed members of Russia's Intelligence Service, the GRU,' said James A. Dawson, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office.
'As a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, the American people and his fellow service men and women should have been able to trust Debbins with secrets and information.
After he left the military in 2005 with an honorable discharge, Debbin worked through 2010 in Minnesota for a Ukrainian steel manufacture and a transportation company
'Debbins allegedly fell very short of that and exploited his role in the military and his fellow service members to benefit one of our top adversaries for years.'
The allegations leveled against Debbins in the indictment are extraordinarily detailed, suggesting that the Justice Department and the FBI may have received their information on his actions from a defector or from a cooperator.
In the press release, announcing his arrest, they also thanked the United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police, and its domestic spy agency MI-5, for their assistance, suggesting the U.K. also played a role on mounting the case against Debbins.
Debbins' mother was born in the Soviet Union, and Debbins met his wife in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, where they were married in 1997, according to the indictment.
He met his wife during one of his first trips to Russia and his father-in-law served in the Russian military.
'When service members collude to provide classified information to our foreign adversaries, they betray the oaths they swore to their country and their fellow service members,' said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office is prosecuting the case.
'As this indictment reflects, we will be steadfast and dogged in holding such individuals accountable.'
Debbins will have an initial court appearance on Monday.
Online court records remained sealed, so it was unclear whether Debbins has an attorney. He is charged under the Espionage Act with providing national defense information to those not entitled to receive it.
He could face up to life in prison.
The indictment states that Debbins lost his security clearance and command of his unit for an unspecified security violation in 2004 or 2005, and then left the military in 2005 with an honorable discharge.
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Fuck that motherfucker. He should swing from the gallows live on all TV channels.
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Fuck the people who adjudicated his security clearance with a rubber stamp.
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Fuck the people who adjudicated his security clearance with a rubber stamp.
More dumb asses ripe for the picking....
US soldiers go viral after sharing their reasons for joining the army
Daryl Tyrone Littles II, 24, from Augusta, Georgia, and his friend Pvt. Kicklighter caught their colleagues off guard when they asked them why they enlisted.
Socialist indoctrination at its finest. What a fucking moron
DOJ official version
www.justice.gov
Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy
A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information.
Former US Army Green Beret charged with sharing info with Russian GRU
A former Army Green Beret who described himself as a 'son of Russia' was charged Friday with divulging military secrets about his unit's activities to Russian intelligence.
Where were the red flags during this guy's career? Seems like they should have seen something like this transpiring.
DOJ official version
Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy
A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information.
Doesn't seem much different than the OP post. Who signed off on this guys clearances???
