Naval War College administrators have been aware of fraud Schindler's online perversions for a solid year; yet one more odious scandal to add to White House list of outrages that will eventually bring them down - perhaps now taking NWC chain of command along with them
ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Jennifer McDermott
06/23/2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
A U.S. Naval War College professor was accused in a complaint on Monday of taking a racy photo that was then posted online, and he was placed on leave.
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NWC pervert, fraud John Schindler |
A May text message conversation with a photo of a penis and professor John Schindler's name atop it was circulated on Twitter early Monday. It was unclear who sent it and who posted it.
A blogger sent a complaint to the War College's administration. The college's president, Rear Adm. Walter E. "Ted" Carter Jr., ordered an investigation. A college spokeswoman said investigators would look into whether the photo could have been falsified.
Schindler refused to discuss the photo by telephone on Monday, citing legal reasons. He has deleted his Twitter account.
Schindler is a professor of national security affairs and a former National Security Agency intelligence analyst. He has been critical of leaker Edward Snowden and others and frequently engaged in heated exchanges with critics on Twitter.
On his website, he wrote on Monday that he has been subjected to "nearly non-stop online harassment and stalking" for the past year and "things have now taken an ugly, indeed sordid turn." That post was later replaced with a much shorter statement, telling supporters he is taking a break from social media because of personal issues.
Schindler has taught at the college since 2005. He also is a fellow at Boston University, according to its website. His resume says he was a senior intelligence analyst with the NSA from 1996 to 2004.
U.S. Naval War College, in Newport, is a one-year, resident program that graduates about 600 students a year, according to its website. It said in a statement it could not comment further to protect the integrity of the investigation. It did not say how long the investigation would take.
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GAWKER:
NSA-Spook-Turned-Twitter-Pundit Goes Dark After Dick Pic Surfaces
By Adam Weinstein
06/23/2014
A well-known conservative pundit and secrecy expert who once worked as an NSA officer has deleted all of his social media accounts after screenshots leaked this weekend that appeared to show him sending sexy messages and a shot of his soft penis to a Twitter follower who was not his wife.
John Schindler is
a professor at the Naval War College who has written conservative analyses on global security for
Politico and
Foreign Policy while scrapping with leftists and libertarians online. A former naval officer who worked as a counterterrorism operative at the NSA for more than a decade, Schindler has long defended that agency's secret surveillance efforts while attacking information activists like Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and Glenn Greenwald.
In the process, he acquired a massive following in the conservative and national security circles, even while he complained about repeated abuse by liberal antagonists; his left-of-center foils have similarly accused him of online intemperance.
Schindler may have had some secrets of his own leak out in the open. Late Sunday,
a Twitter user published several pics of emails and texts purportedly from Schindler to
a female conservative tweeter. He "was involved in some sort of flirty, lurid exchange of emails and texts with a Twitter user named @currahee88," a longtime Twitter follower of the professor's says. "In one screencapped exchange, he sent her a picture of his mostly flaccid penis."
"My views are much more right wing and I am much more religious than I ever let on," the spy-turned-professor reportedly tells her before downplaying his own marriage, calling her "engaging and enticing"... and sending a dick pic, shown below [NSFW].
But just a few minutes later,
that blog post had been edited down to a more laconic over-and-out:
One Twitter user who's mixed it up with Schindler online said the pundit often conflated verbal eye-rolling with harassment on Twitter. "I obviously dislike the guy's writing and all quite a bit, but Schindler seems genuinely mentally unhinged," the user said.
Anyone who has more details, feel free to share them in comments.
Update: The Associated Press
is reporting that Schindler has been placed on leave from the Naval War College:
A blogger sent a complaint to the War College's administration. The college's president has ordered an investigation.
Schindler has refused to discuss the photo, citing legal reasons. He has deleted his Twitter account.
Update: The Twitter user to whom the texts and pics were apparently sent both confirmed that Schindler was the sender and expressed regret for their publication, saying she engaged in a consensual virtual relationship with Schindler. This at least puts to rest any rumors that the pic was sent unsolicited. After tweeting her apologies, the user again deleted her account. Here is a screen grab:

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