Ex-Army Colonel Sent Classified Plans to Online Contact, Receives 2 Years

A retired U.S. Army colonel, Kevin Charles Luke, will serve two years in federal prison for unlawfully sharing classified military plans with a woman he met online. Luke, 62, who held a “top secret” clearance and worked for U.S. Central Command after his 2018 retirement, sent a text message containing sensitive operational details, including targets and execution dates, from his personal phone. His actions were deemed a serious threat to national security, highlighting his violation of a nondisclosure agreement signed in 2019.

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