A retired US Air Drive officer has been sentenced for leaking categorised details about Russia's struggle towards Ukraine to an individual posing as a Ukrainian girl on a courting web site.

Supply: ABC Information, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: David Slater, 64, a former civilian worker on the US Strategic Command at Offutt Air Drive Base, has been sentenced to just about six years in jail. He has additionally been fined US$25,000 and ordered to endure a 12 months of supervision upon his launch after serving his sentence.

Slater admitted he was responsible of conspiring to reveal categorised nationwide defence data. In trade for his responsible plea, two different fees had been dropped.

Investigators discovered that between 2021 and 2022, Slater had entry to briefings on Russia's struggle towards Ukraine that had been categorised as much as prime secret. He shared intelligence on Russian navy targets and capabilities by way of a messaging characteristic on a overseas courting website with an individual claiming to be a girl from Ukraine.

Of their correspondence, the person repeatedly requested him for data categorised as secret, referring to him with phrases similar to "my secret informant love!" and "You’re my undercover agent. With love".

Court docket paperwork don’t reveal the id of the coconspirator or make clear whether or not she was linked to both the Ukrainian or Russian governments.

Slater was arrested in March 2024. His case is one in every of a number of high-profile US investigations involving the leaking of categorised supplies, together with the arrest of 21-year-old US airman Jack Teixeira, who shared Pentagon paperwork associated to Ukraine's navy operations.

Background: In 2024, a retired US Military Lieutenant Colonel David Slater was arrested and charged with unlawfully disclosing categorised details about nationwide defence and the Russo-Ukrainian struggle by way of a courting web site.

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