A Defense Intelligence Agency information technology staffer offered to pass classified information to an unspecified foreign country over his disloyalty to the Trump administration, the Department of Justice alleged on Friday according to the Wall Street Journal.

According to the criminal complaint, Nathan Vilas Laatsch wrote in an email offering his espionage services, “The recent actions of the current administration are extremely disturbing to me. I don’t agree or align with the values of this administration and intend to act to support the values that the United States at one time stood for.” He allegedly said that he was “willing to share classified information that I have access to which are completed intelligence products, some unprocessed documentation.”

Laatsch did not request payment for his services, federal prosecutors alleged, but instead sought citizenship from the foreign country, as he did not “expect things here to improve in the long term.”

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The FBI received a tip on the offer, and intercepted Laatsch's communications. Laatsch allegedly went on to leave a USB drive full of classified information in a public park to be picked up by what he thought was agents of that foreign government, after which FBI agents arrested him in Northern Virginia.

FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted the incident in a post on X, writing, “This case underscores the persistent risk of insider threats. The FBI remains steadfast in protecting our national security and thanks our law enforcement partners for their critical support.”

Former FBI executive assistant director for intelligence Joshua Skule told the Journal he was worried such incidents, while they have happened periodically in every administration, may become more commonplace as mass purges of the federal workforce lead to a surge in "disaffected employees," warning, "there is a huge insider threat within the government with the cuts.”