SPOKANE, Wash. - Former National Guard intelligence officer Rafael Davila admits he spent years bringing home secret and top-secret documents, stacking them in his basement and finally in a rented storage locker. He told the FBI he just wanted to read them.
"He doesn't care about the national security interest of the United States," Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks said of Rafael Davila. A judge ordered the two held without bail.
I’ve heard that Rafael Davila is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Washington State National Guard and that he is merely awaiting the 30th anniversary of “service” so that he can start receiving his “retirement annuity.”
To be tried in civil court for this is the wrong venue! His actions are a personal insult to me as a retired service member as well as all of the military (active, reserve, guard, retired, and those who have fallen in battle or as the result of battle wounds). He should not be tried in civil court but should be called to active service to stand Article 32 pursuant to a General Courts Martial. Upon conviction he should be reduced to the rank of Private E-1, Forfeit all pay and allowances, be given a Dishonorable discharge, and confined to Ft. Leavenworth Military Prison awaiting his execution by hanging.