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Leonard Glenn Francis, owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, has been accused of bribing Navy officials to transfer port calls to ports from where he could charge excessively high fees. Bribery was in the form of luxury travel, prostitutes and thousands of dollars in cash. The case started in September this year and has proven to be one of the worst cases the Navy has had to confront in years. The recent officials brought under the spotlight includes Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless and Vice Admiral Ted Branch, who’s the director of naval intelligence. They have been charged of ‘inappropriate conduct’ told the Navy Spokesman, Rear Admiral John F. Kirby.
"The allegations against Admirals Branch and Loveless involve inappropriate conduct prior to their current assignments and flag officer rank," said he Navy Spokesman. "There is no indication, nor do the allegations suggest, that in either case there was any breach of classified information."
The two officials have been sent on leave and they are suspended from accessing any classified information. Kirby cleared that the officials are still under investigation and so still hold their security clearances and their ranks. The case is being investigated by NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) and so far two businessmen have been charged apart from a senior Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent and two navy commanders. This arrest and suspension of two high ranked officials raise serious questions against the Navy and its ability to protect confidential information.
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