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Written by GussAn FBI analyst and former vice presidential aide was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for espionage after he admitted supplying classified documents to Philippine nationals in an effort to overthrow that country’s government, federal prosecutors said.
Leandro Aragoncillo, 48, a former U.S. Marine and Philippine native who worked as a military aide to Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dick Cheney before joining the FBI as a civilian employee, pleaded guilty to four charges of espionage in May 2006.
The plea deal spared Aragoncillo from facing the death penalty, prosecutors said.
In a sentencing hearing Wednesday morning, U.S. District Judge William H. Walls sentenced Aragoncillo to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a plot to overthrow Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In addition, he fined Aragoncillo $40,000.
Aragoncillo could have been sentenced to up to 20 years for participation in a conspiracy to transmit national defense information, prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, in a news release issued Wednesday, accused Aragoncillo of “betraying his Marine uniform, his adopted country and the trust bestowed on him as an FBI analyst.”
~J~ Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 6:01 amVisit ~J~
Why do they always cut deals with these spies? Let them get the death penalty and see how many decide spying isn’t the career path they should choose.
Of course, some will say the deal provided valuable information, but maybe sometimes we just have to go with our gut and kill people guilty of treason.