Email mistake threatens career of Marine Reservist and New York firefighter

Marine reservist — and NYFD firefighter — faces expulsion from USMC for sending warning to wrong email address
Reserve Maj. Jason Brezler had served four combat tours when he sent information about a suspected police official to an unsecure email address. He reported his error, but now his case is before an officer misconduct board.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY JOE STRAW
AUGUST 27, 2013

LOMBARD, MARIELA FREELANCE NYDN
Iraq and Afghanistan vet Jason Brezler serves with the FDNY's Engine 45-Ladder 58.

WASHINGTON — A city firefighter whose warning of a threat to fellow Marines in Afghanistan fell on deaf ears faces expulsion from the Corps — because he used the wrong e-mail account.

Reserve Maj. Jason Brezler had served four combat tours when he got an urgent call last summer from Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The Marines were asking about a shady police official, Sarwar Jan, whom they suspected of molesting local minors and who had access to their post.

Brezler quickly e-mailed warnings about Jan’s history of abuse and suspected ties to insurgents. Later realizing he sent classified information in an unsecure email, the Annapolis alum self-reported his error, and the message, to a superior. No action appeared to have been taken and days later, Jan’s 15-year-old “assistant” used Jan’s rifle to kill three Marines and wound another at a Nowzad base.
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