{"id":64468,"date":"2026-02-12T00:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=64468"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:32:13","slug":"retired-army-colonel-sentenced-for-leaking-classified-military-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/retired-army-colonel-sentenced-for-leaking-classified-military-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Army colonel sentenced for leaking classified military information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A retired U.S. Army colonel who later worked as a civilian employee at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for disclosing classified national defense information, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Charles Luke, 62, of Tampa, was sentenced after pleading guilty on October 7, 2025, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mdfl\/pr\/retired-us-army-officer-sentenced-federal-prison-disclosing-classified-national\">announced<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to court documents, Luke served on active duty and in the reserves in the U.S. Army from 1981 until his retirement as a colonel on June 30, 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After retiring from the military, he worked as a civilian employee at CENTCOM, the command responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East and parts of Central and South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his military service and civilian employment, Luke held a Top Secret\/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance. Prosecutors said he acknowledged his duty to protect classified information on multiple occasions, including as recently as February 2019, when he signed a nondisclosure agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2024, Luke sent a woman a text message from his personal cellphone that read, \u201csent to my boss earlier, gives you a peek at what I do for a living.\u201d He then sent her a photograph of a computer screen displaying a classified email message that he had written and sent from a government email account designated for classified communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image showed details of a planned U.S. military operation, including identified targets, the future date of the operation, the method of execution, and the objective, according to prosecutors. The email contained Secret-level classification markings that Luke had added himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said the unauthorized disclosure of the information could be expected to cause serious damage to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States Army Office of Special Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retired U.S. Army colonel who later worked as a civilian employee at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for disclosing classified national defense information, according to prosecutors. 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