Defense chief meets U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (L) poses for a photo with Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, prior to their talks at the defense ministry in Seoul on April 11, 2024, in this photo provided by the ministry. (Yonhap)
Every time I see some one go down in flames for mishandling classified information I can’t help, but think of the whole Hillary Clinton situation:
sia Janay Lavarello, shown here at Camp Smith, Hawaii, Nov. 30, 2018, pleaded guilty July 20, 2021, in Hawaii federal court to mishandling classified Defense Department documents while on temporary duty in Manila
A 31-year-old civilian employee of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command pleaded guilty this week in Hawaii to mishandling classified information while she was on temporary duty in Manila.
Asia Janay Lavarello, in a plea agreement on Tuesday, admitted one count of “knowingly removing classified information concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States and retaining it at an unauthorized location” in U.S. District Court in Hawaii, the Department of Justice said in a news release Tuesday.
She is free on an unsecured bail bond, with sentencing scheduled for Nov. 4.
The count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000, the release said.
