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Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up

ID: dff4754c-d236-585d-8a0d-175b8f6999cc

STIX ID: report--dff4754c-d236-585d-8a0d-175b8f6999cc

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-03-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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A DoD electrical engineer, Gokhan Gun, pleaded guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified material after printing and taking home 155 pages from top-secret documents; he was intercepted by the FBI before a scheduled flight to Mexico, with a top-secret file found in his backpack. The report outlines his access, actions, FBI search warrants, and pending sentencing, framing the case as mishandling of classified information rather than espionage.

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