Legal Opinion
United States v. Hitselberger
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 20, 2012No. Criminal No. 2012-0231PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge.
When James Hitselberger traveled to Kuwait to collect his personal belongings from a United States military base, he was arrested on two counts of unlawful retention of national defense information, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 793(e). On October 31, 2012, a magistrate judge ordered him detained without bond pending trial. Mr. Hitselberger has appealed that order of detention under 18 U.S.C. § 3145(b).
I. BACKGROUND
James Hitselberger is a 56-year-old linguist. He is fluent in Arabic, Farsi, and Russian. In June 2011, he was hired by Global…
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