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KERRY: 'AUTOPILOT' NSA 'REACHED TOO FAR'b-)

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'Yummy … Daddy Like': How the Feds Took Down Another Navy Officer in a Sprawling Bribery Scandal

Posted By Dan Lamothe Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 8:19 PM Share


It was October 2009 when Navy Cmdr. Jose Luis Sanchez and Malaysian CEO Leonard Francis exchanged messages online about a trip Sanchez was planning to Malaysia and Singapore with his Navy buddies. The two men discussed the number of prostitutes Sanchez and his military friends -- nicknamed the "Wolf Pack" -- would encounter. Sanchez asked Francis to send pictures of the women. The CEO promised to hook the men up with a "nest" and some "birds," exciting the Navy officer.
"Yummy ... daddy like," Sanchez replied in an Oct. 19, 2009 message on Facebook.
Those accusations are at the heart of the case against Sanchez, 41, who became the fifth man to face charges in the widening scandal involving Francis's company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, and the military officers he allegedly bribed in exchange for classified information about the Navy. Sanchez was arrested Wednesday in Tampa, FL, according to the U.S. attorney's office. He is accused of accepting prostitutes, hotel rooms in fat-cat hotels across the Pacific, and $100,000 in cash for giving up secrets.
Sanchez is the third senior Navy official charged in the case. Already charged are Navy Cmdr. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, 46, and John Bertrand Beliveau II, 44, a supervisory agent at Quantico, VA, with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Francis, 49, and another executive at Glenn Defense, Alex Wisidagama, also have been charged in connection with the scheme, in which Francis's company allegedly used the information they gathered leaked by Navy officials to defraud the U.S. military of millions of dollars.
"According to the allegations in this case, a number of officials were willing to sacrifice their integrity and millions of taxpayer dollars for personal gratification," said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy. "While the overwhelming majority of the 400,000 active-duty Navy personnel conduct themselves in a manner that is beyond reproach, we and our law enforcement partners at Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Defense Criminal Investigative Service continue to investigate the allegations of fraud and corruption that tarnish the stellar reputation of the U.S. Navy."
The scandal has rocked the Navy's 7th Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, just as it was set to boost operations in the Pacific. And it's unlikely the probe will end there. Court documents in the cases of both Misiewicz and Sanchez say that other unidentified Navy personnel were aware of malfeasance, and either did nothing or participated in the schemes. In one example, the criminal complaint against Misiewicz says he attended a Lady Gaga concert on May 25, 2012 with other Navy personnel who visited Laem Chebang, Thailand, during a port stop by the Blue Ridge, the command ship of the Navy's 7th Fleet.
Francis allegedly purchased the concert tickets and paid for prostitutes for the men who attended, according to Misiewicz's complaint.
"Don't chicken out bro we need u with us on the front lines J ... Who can we trust in the Office for Lady Ga Ga?" Francis said in a May 2012 email to Misiewicz, prosecutors allege, noting the playful use of emoticons in the message. "Tickets are not the issue who will keep silent "
Beliveau is accused of passing information about NCIS's investigation into Glenn Defense to Francis in exchange for prostitutes, airfare, posh hotel rooms, and a laptop computer for Beliveau's girlfriend. In particular, it outlines one trip Francis allegedly arranged for Beliveau in March 2011 to Bangkok, Thailand.
"According to one email, Francis asked: 'Joyce your kinda Babe'? Beliveau replied 'Nice. You bet. Hopefully I'm her kinda guy, hehe,'" the criminal complaint against him says. A photograph of the woman was allegedly attached to the email.
The complaint against Sanchez includes similar allegations. Prosecutors say he received $100,000 cash from Francis's company in January 2009, and continued to share sensitive Navy information with him until earlier this year. It included internal information that Glenn Defense used to its advantage while servicing U.S. ships. The company has locations in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the United States, and deliberately overcharged the Navy while "husbanding" the ships, providing food, fuel, water, waste removal, and other tasks, prosecutors say.
Sanchez's complaint also has a variety of specific allegations regarding the officer accepting prostitution. Francis is accused of emailing a woman in Indonesia early in March 2011 to arrange prostitutes to meet Sanchez, another unidentified Navy commander, and two other men in Singapore.
"One of the emails described one of the 'girls' as 'Alda 167 cm [height] 36b [bra size] very young n still study, 17 yr," the complaint says. Francis later sent an email cancelling the planned meeting due to a tsunami in the region that allegedly kept Sanchez and his friends away from Singapore, prosecutors say.
Later that month, however, Francis sent Sanchez an email containing a picture of one of the prostitutes that had planned to meet the Navy officers in Singapore, court documents say. A brief message was attached: "I miss you BABE ." Sanchez allegedly emailed the Glenn Defense CEO back the same day, saying "Nice pictures.....Brings back good memories ."
In July of that same year, Francis allegedly arranged for prostitutes to meet with Sanchez again the following month in Singapore and Jakarta. He followed up with one of the women when Sanchez arrived in Manila, asking if she had met Sanchez, prosecutors say.
"I'm with h[i]m already heehhe," she responded on Aug. 28, 2011, according to court documents.
The complaint against Sanchez also raises questions about suspicious cash deposits that were made in the officer's bank account, including $10,000 by his wife this year on Jan. 28.
Navy officials and prosecutors have declined to discuss the cases, citing the open investigation. However, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Navy's top spokesman, said in a statement Wednesday night that NCIS agents first uncovered wrongdoing in 2010 and began investigating.
"They have since been actively coordinating with other law enforcement authorities," Kirby said. "The Navy expects our leaders to uphold the highest standards of conduct and professionalism. As the work of this investigation concludes, we will make public as much information as possible. But we will do nothing to prejudice or preclude the important work investigators need to do and are doing. In the interim, the Department has taken administrative action to protect itself from GDMA, to include suspending GDMA from future contracting and discontinuing existing contracts."


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New scandal rocks Secret Service: Agent suspended after leaving bullet in hotel room



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Investigation into agent's conduct at the swanky Hay-Adams Hotel (right) reportedly revealed that he had earlier sent "sexually aggressive" emails to a female subordinate.

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Health Care Woes Take Toll On Obama's Credibility

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'They're not going to find another Rob Ford': Toronto mayor vows to run againb-)



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In an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's TODAY, embattled Mayor Rob Ford takes responsibility for his drug and alcohol use but insists he is still fit to lead.



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