A U.S. Naval officer who has been charged with espionage has been identified as Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, a Taiwanese-born flight officer assigned to a Naval reconnaissance unit. Lin was arrested eight months ago but his case did not become public until a pre-trial hearing this past Friday that will determine whether he will face a court martial.
The U.S. official told ABC News that preliminary indications point to possible espionage for either China or Taiwan, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI are continuing to investigate the case.
So, was he spying for China or Taiwan? Doesn’t really matter though, spying is illegal and holds some high penalties no matter who you give the information to. But Taiwan is nominally an ally, so that may lay a role.
@Liz, could you imagine what would happen to the US military with an overtime regulation? Could you imagine what the overtime bill after a one year deployment would be like?
Liz
8 years ago
No, GIKorea. But… I’m not sure how familiar you are with the Reserve system?
At least in the USAF reserve system (I don’t know about other branches) a large portion are ARTs (I’m not sure what the acronym stands for, but they are considered civilian and they are paid by the GS system…this includes people who are tasked to go to combat zones). They have Unions. With the TFI (total force initiative) they are in the process of combining the Active Duty and Reserve units. So the USAF really isn’t so far off from the Germans. We might be there in five years or so.
Trump takes page from S. Korean President Park Guen-hye:s campaign…
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/08/donald-trump-busted-con-voters-hundreds-fake-twitter-accounts.html
Sad story: http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-ghost-ships-20160410-story.html
Not Korea specific, but considering Korea is a toehold just in case China becomes a major pain:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/taiwan-born-naval-officer-charged-espionage/story?id=38295377
So, was he spying for China or Taiwan? Doesn’t really matter though, spying is illegal and holds some high penalties no matter who you give the information to. But Taiwan is nominally an ally, so that may lay a role.
NRA’s Eddie Eagle(mascot for the children) much more difficult to get than a gun. Oh, and Samantha Bee Rocks…
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/04/samantha-bee-takes-nra
Navy Security accused of harfing their job: http://observer.com/2016/04/amid-shocking-chinese-spy-case-our-navy-can-no-longer-be-trusted/
How much are the family jewels worth? 😯
German army forced to lay down weapons due to ‘overtime limits’:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/10/german-army-forced-to-lay-down-weapons-due-to-overtime-limits/
@Liz, could you imagine what would happen to the US military with an overtime regulation? Could you imagine what the overtime bill after a one year deployment would be like?
No, GIKorea. But… I’m not sure how familiar you are with the Reserve system?
At least in the USAF reserve system (I don’t know about other branches) a large portion are ARTs (I’m not sure what the acronym stands for, but they are considered civilian and they are paid by the GS system…this includes people who are tasked to go to combat zones). They have Unions. With the TFI (total force initiative) they are in the process of combining the Active Duty and Reserve units. So the USAF really isn’t so far off from the Germans. We might be there in five years or so.