The Department of Justice is taking a new look at a former U.S. Navy sailor’s request for a pardon following his release from jail for taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear submarine, his attorney said. The letter, from the DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney, comes less than a year after the former sailor, Kristian Saucier, received a letter rejecting his pardon request on the grounds that it did not meet several criteria, including waiting five years. If Kris is lucky enough to get a pardon from President Trump, it would turn his life around. The Vermont resident, who was 22 when he took the photos, said his decision to take the photographs was a mistake. - Sadie SaucierHis attorney, Ronald Daigle, told Fox News that the new DOJ letter asks the classification level assigned to the areas that Saucier photographed and also requests the names of three references.

Source: Fox News March 02, 2018 21:33 UTC