#ICYMI from @FBIWFO: Former U.S. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Transmission of National Defense Information Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, of Alexandria, a former IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), pled guilty to transmission of national defense information. According to court documents, Laatsch became a civilian employee of the DIA in 2019, where he worked with the Insider Threat Division and held a Top-Secret security clearance. In March 2025, the FBI learned that Laatsch offered to provide classified information to a friendly foreign government. Soon thereafter, Laatsch began communicating with an individual he thought was affiliated with that foreign government but was actually an FBI agent. Learn more about the investigation by the #FBI and our partners:

A former Defense Intelligence Agency IT specialist has pleaded guilty to transmitting national defense information. The individual offered classified information to a foreign government, but unknowingly communicated with an FBI agent.