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2026-02-12 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Former Army Colonel sentenced to 2 years for sending secret classified battle plans to woo woman

[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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Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1857 views ] Top

1 high-level civilian contractor

Many former OPS retire into that role.
One day a green suit the next day just a suit, or civvies. The shoes are changed, the mindset isn't.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-12 00:33|| 2026-02-12 00:33|| Front Page Top

2 Are you suggesting he was just as prone to inappropriate sharing when in uniform, Skidmark?

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-12 00:58|| 2026-02-12 00:58|| Front Page Top

3 Didn't treason used to be a punishable crime?

Posted by Oregon Dave 2026-02-12 01:47|| 2026-02-12 01:47|| Front Page Top

4 Just 2 years????

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-12 01:51|| 2026-02-12 01:51|| Front Page Top

5 "secret classified battle plans"
Redundant or poor grammar?

This scummy slob got off pretty easy. But he was a retired colonel after all. Now, if it had been some retired NCO, well, then....

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-02-12 02:56|| 2026-02-12 02:56|| Front Page Top

6 ...Rank may hath its privilege, but it does not always confer brains.

Mike

Posted by Slotch Darling of the Jutes2887 2026-02-12 06:18|| 2026-02-12 06:18|| Front Page Top

7 The dog lost his tail to a fast moving B&O freight train. In an attempt to retrieve his tail, he lost his head to an oncoming Illinois Central passenger.

Don't lose your head over a piece of.......

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-12 06:25|| 2026-02-12 06:25|| Front Page Top

8 OTOH - what every woman wants - secret battle plans....

Posted by Mercutio 2026-02-12 09:02|| 2026-02-12 09:02|| Front Page Top

9 Chicks who dig secret battle plans are hot!

Posted by SteveS 2026-02-12 09:29|| 2026-02-12 09:29|| Front Page Top

10 The honeypot scheme strikes again!

Posted by DarthVader 2026-02-12 09:54|| 2026-02-12 09:54|| Front Page Top

11 Top Secret isn't really that high of a clearance. I doubt any real damage was done hence the two years.
Next time he should just send d**k pics.

Posted by Hupoluth Dribble3876 2026-02-12 10:44|| 2026-02-12 10:44|| Front Page Top

12 /\ It used to be said that "anything over 24 hours old is useless."

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-12 10:50|| 2026-02-12 10:50|| Front Page Top

13 Something which strikes me about the O'keefe busts, and this, and Swalwell etc., is how confident they are with their Bawds and Johns, like going to a sports event or theater, maybe not an everyday thing but when it is, it is well practiced and expected, and the surprise when it is a sting and the power foreplay bragging, if you will, isn't covered under the hooker's confidentiality clause.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-02-12 13:30|| 2026-02-12 13:30|| Front Page Top

14 Truly, swksvolFF. If I recall correctly, in one recording of such a date, the gentleman target explained to his date (I don’t recall if the date was male or female) that the group had just been warned to be careful about who they told things because James O’Keefe was thought to have taken an interest. And then the target spilled more beans. I continue to be flabbergasted.

It’s like today’s retired Army colonel who sent his girlfriend a screenshot of The Plans so she could understand what he did all day.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-12 21:01|| 2026-02-12 21:01|| Front Page Top

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