The army advocate normal known as for a disciplinary hearing for the top of the IDF’s Commando Brigade, after a variety of army paperwork have been stolen from the colonel’s automobile earlier this month, the military stated on Tuesday.
The officer, Col. Avi Blot, won't face prison fees, because the paperwork have been left behind by accident and didn't include vital classified info, the army stated.
On June 14, Blot parked his automobile throughout a area journey with different senior officers, forsaking his bag. The officer remembered to take his pistol and a army cellphone from the bag, however forgot that it additionally held a variety of delicate paperwork, the military investigation discovered.
It is a violation of military laws to depart classified paperwork unsupervised.
“Since the officer did not deliberately leave the documents in his car, and in light of the contents of the documents that were stolen, the MAG decided that the incident will be dealt with in a disciplinary hearing before the head of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan,” the military stated.
The theft occurred a day earlier than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Blot for a shock interview for the job of army secretary to the prime minister, which is commonly seen as a stepping stone to extra senior positions.
Netanyahu had already interviewed a number of candidates to exchange his present secretary, Brig. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, who is because of take over as commander of the Gaza Division.
It was not instantly clear how the doc theft would have an effect on Blot’s possibilities for the place.
In latest years, a variety of senior IDF officers have had paperwork stolen from vehicles and houses, resulting in extreme penalties.
Former Manpower Directorate’s head Maj. Gen. Hagai Topolanski resigned from the military in December 2016 after a laptop computer containing classified info was stolen from his residence.
The 12 months earlier than, Col. Ilan Levy was summarily dismissed from his place after classified paperwork have been stolen from his automobile, the place he had by accident left them. The paperwork have been later positioned.