[Daily Beast] A Navy sailor charged with sharing classified information to Taiwan and China--allegations that carry a potential life sentence in prison--could still avoid a full military trial and end up with a shorter sentence, defense officials told The Daily Beast.
It will all depend on who fears the prospect of a trial more--the military lawyers who have to navigate painstaking administrative procedures in order to admit the very classified information that Navy Lt. Cmdr Edward Lin allegedly shared. Or Lin, himself, who faces such serious charges that he likely could only avoid a lesser sentence by cutting a guilty plea deal. |