Agi: Smarrisce le mappe segrete e cade dopo una sbronza, il triste declino del generale Aguto

AGI - Un ex generale di brigata dell'esercito americano Antonio Aguto jr, incaricato di sovrintendere al supporto militare Usa a Kiev, avrebbe smarrito delle mappe riservate su un treno in Europa e subito una commozione cerebrale in seguito a un "eccessivo consumo di alcol" durante una cena in Ucraina. È quanto si legge in un rapporto di 50 pagine, datato 12 marzo e rivelato dal Kyiv Independent, secondo il quale l'alto ufficiale, a capo del Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U) con sede in Germania, ha violato le procedure di sicurezza nella gestione delle mappe classificate a bordo di un treno noleggiato dal Dipartimento di Stato.
Il rapporto, redatto in seguito a tre denunce anonime, rileva che Aguto, durante un viaggio verso Kiev nel marzo 2024, aveva affidato impropriamente la custodia delle mappe al personale anziché a un corriere diplomatico, come previsto. Al ritorno in Germania, si scoprì che le mappe, classificate come segrete, erano state smarrire e dimenticate su un treno ucraino. I preziosi documenti, conservati in un tubo cilindrico non protetto in violazione del protocollo, sarebbero stati restituiti il giorno dopo.
Commozione cerebrale e alcol
Aguto si era assunto la responsabilità della grave imprudenza ma, complice il suo eccessivo amore per la bottiglia, si sarebbe messo nuovamente nei guai abbastanza presto. Il rapporto infatti ricorda un altro episodio, avvenuto il 14 maggio 2024, nel quale il generale aveva mostrato segni di "progressivo declino" durante un incontro con l'allora segretario di Stato Antony Blinken e l'ambasciatrice statunitense in Ucraina Bridget Brink.
Il bizzarro comportamento mostrato da Aguto in quell'occasione, spiega il documento, era dovuto a una commozione cerebrale rimediata la sera prima in preda all'ebbrezza. Il generale, a quanto si apprende, era caduto ben tre volte dopo una maratona alcolica di sei ore durante le quali aveva ingurgitato da solo un litro di 'chacha', distillato georgiano la cui gradazione può superare il 70%.
Aguto, per giunta, non si stava sbronzando nel tempo libero ma era impegnato in una cena di lavoro in un ristorante insieme a un collaboratore non identificato. Aguto ha lasciato il comando del SAG-U nell'agosto 2024, poco prima di congedarsi dall'esercito. Non è chiaro quanto spontanea sia stata la decisione di abbandonare un incarico troppo delicato per conciliarsi con una propensione per l'etilismo così cospicua.

He loses the secret maps and falls after a blackout, the sad decline of General Aguto.

A former U.S. Brigadier General of the American Army, Antonio Aguto Jr., who was tasked with overseeing U.S. military support to Kyiv, lost classified maps on a train in Europe and sustained a concussion after “excessive alcohol consumption” during a dinner in Ukraine. This is according to a 50-page report, dated March 12th and revealed by the Kyiv Independent, according to which the senior officer, head of the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U) based in Germany, violated security procedures in the handling of classified maps aboard a chartered train by the State Department.

The report, drawn up following three anonymous complaints, states that Aguto, during a trip to Kyiv in March 2024, improperly entrusted the custody of the maps to staff instead of a diplomatic courier, as required. Upon returning to Germany, it was discovered that the maps, classified as secret, had been lost and forgotten on a Ukrainian train. The valuable documents, stored in an unprotected cylindrical tube in violation of protocol, were returned the day after.

Concussion and Alcohol
Aguto took responsibility for the serious lapse in judgment, but, due to his excessive fondness for the bottle, he quickly found himself in trouble again. The report recalls another incident, which occurred on May 14, 2024, in which the general showed signs of "progressive decline" during a meeting with then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.

The bizarre behavior displayed by Aguto at that time, the document explains, was due to a concussion sustained the previous evening in a state of inebriation. The general, it is learned, fell three times after a six-hour alcohol marathon during which he consumed a liter of ‘chacha’ alone, a Georgian distillate whose strength can exceed 70%.

Aguto was not getting drunk in his free time but was attending a business dinner in a restaurant with an unidentified colleague. Aguto left command of the SAG-U in August 2024, shortly before retiring from the army. It is unclear how voluntary the decision was to abandon a position too delicate to reconcile with such a significant propensity for alcoholism.

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