A 22 - year - old military police officer in Alaska has been sentenced to a 16 - year jail term in connection with his efforts to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian intelligence officer . In 2011 , William Millay was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson near Anchorage when he began to talk to — and solicit help from — other military members regarding selling classified national defense information to the Russians . “ This case really drives home the point that the insider threat is alive and well , ” said Special Agent Sam Johnson , who supervises a national security squad in our Anchorage Division . “ That ’s why counterintelligence investigations continue to be a very high priority for the FBI . ” ;