Download Our App

All posts tagged "Richard Myers Ii"

Feds gave classified information to neo-Nazi defendant: lawyer

Feds gave classified information to neo-Nazi defendant: lawyer

Federal prosecutors inadvertently turned over classified information to avowed white supremacist Jordan Duncan, who is preparing for trial on charges related to an alleged plot to attack the power grid and launch a race war, his lawyer tells Raw Story.

Raymond Tarlton, Duncan’s lawyer, made a startling classified material discovery on Feb. 22 when the government turned over a batch of files to the defense team.

“We all of a sudden realized there was classified information produced to us,” Tarlton told Raw Story, explaining that his defense team gave the classified material back to the government. “No one on our defense team has a security clearance … It’s put a big pause in our preparations for them to cure what they call ‘spillage.’...