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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:19 PM Aug 2016

U.S. Sailor Gets One Year In Prison Over Nuclear Submarine Photos

By Nate Raymond

A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for illegally taking photos inside restricted areas of a nuclear submarine and then trying to impede an investigation into the matter, prosecutors said on Friday.

Kristian Saucier, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill in Bridgeport, Connecticut, after pleading guilty in May to one criminal count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information.

Prosecutors said Saucier on three occasions took cellphone photos of classified spaces, instruments and equipment of the U.S.S. Alexandria, while he was stationed on the submarine in Groton, Connecticut, as a machinist's mate.

Authorities launched an investigation in March 2012 when Saucier's phone was found at a waste transfer station in Hampton, Connecticut.

Prosecutors said that after an initial interview with investigators, Saucier returned home and destroyed a laptop computer, camera and memory card.

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U.S. Sailor Gets One Year In Prison Over Nuclear Submarine Photos (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2016 OP

1 year for taking Selfies FreakinDJ Aug 2016 #1

Not the crime, but the cover up. He got the OPSEC briefing just like everyone else. nt MADem Aug 2016 #3

His intent was a Selfie for his girlfriend FreakinDJ Aug 2016 #5

Really? He took a lot of "selfies" where he forgot to INCLUDE himself in the frame. MADem Aug 2016 #8

You would think that they'd know better than to take photos of classified areas. uppityperson Aug 2016 #2

They drill OPSEC into your head over & over & over GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #4

The members of the Court Martial were lenient with him. eom MohRokTah Aug 2016 #6

Why do they let them have cell phones aboard a Submarine? yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #7

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

1. 1 year for taking Selfies

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:22 PM

Aug 2016

MADem

(135,425 posts)

3. Not the crime, but the cover up. He got the OPSEC briefing just like everyone else. nt

Reply to FreakinDJ (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 07:27 PM

Aug 2016

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

5. His intent was a Selfie for his girlfriend

Reply to MADem (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:56 PM

Aug 2016

I read the article

BTW do you know what a NTS is

MADem

(135,425 posts)

8. Really? He took a lot of "selfies" where he forgot to INCLUDE himself in the frame.

Reply to FreakinDJ (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:12 AM

Aug 2016

Then he tried to destroy the evidence.

Part of his defense was "Yeah, it was my camera, but I didn't take the pictures."

I guess he just stupidly showed these pics he didn't take to a chief who turned him in to NCIS.

You want a selfie for your girlfriend? Take them on liberty while on deployment.

He got off VERY lightly:

Sailor charged after classified photos of Navy submarine are found on his cell phone
Prosecutors say Machinist Mate 1st Class Kristian Saucier took the photos aboard the attack submarine Alexandria
He has been charged with unauthorized retention of defense information and destroying his laptop and a camera to thwart an FBI probe
The photos included images of the Alexandria’s control panels, reactor compartment and a monitor showing the sub’s exact location
The case against Saucier is the latest in which sailors have been accused of violating the submarine forces’ ban on personal electronic devices
He faces 20 years in prison, if convicted

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3173842/U-S-sailor-charged-taking-photos-inside-nuclear-submarine.html#ixzz4HwKRaiEL

Which "NTS" are you referencing? Naval Torpedo Station? Naval Training Station? Naval Technical Services? Note to Self?