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Former Army Colonel sentenced to 2 years for sending secret classified battle plans to woo woman
2026-02-12
[NYP] A former Army Colonel from Florida was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for trying to woo a woman he met online by sending her secret classified battle plans.
That he met online?? Had he at least proved that she was female before committing this profound stupidity? How about if she was a honey trap?
Retired combat vet Kevin Charles Luke, 62,
…no images of him turned up in a quick internet search…
was working as a high-level civilian contractor with “top secret” clearance at US military headquarters in Tampa in October 2024, when he texted a photo of plans for a Middle East attack to his new fling, according to court documents.

“Sent to my boss earlier,” he wrote in the text, which included a photo of an email on his work computer at Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base. “Gives you a peek at what I do for a living.”

It wasn’t clear which attack his email referenced — but it was sent days before the Central Command headquarters launched airstrikes in Yemen, directed at Houthis, an Islamic fundamentalist military force.

Retired combat vet Kevin Charles Luke, 62, was working as a high-level civilian contractor with “top secret” at Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base when he sent the text.

The image showed a classified email message with details about the date of the operation, the number of targets and battle plans, court papers state.
How much time did David Petraeus get?
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