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Sailor Busted Selling Secret Docs

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Caught asking for cash from FBI agent.

Wait, has he heard about WikiLeaks? A North Carolina sailor has been arrested by federal authorities after being caught offering top-secret documents in exchange for cash. Bryan Minkyu Martin is alleged to have accepted $3,500 from an undercover FBI agent, telling the agent that he would be “very valuable” over his future career in the Navy. Martin has been in the Navy since 2006; he was given top secret-level clearance in 2007.

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