Retired Army officer pleads guilty to sharing classified info on Russia-Ukraine war on dating site
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA, JUL 15 – David Slater, 64, admitted to sharing secret military details during early 2022 with a person he believed was a Ukrainian woman, risking U.S. security with classified war intelligence.
- A retired Army officer, David Slater, pleaded guilty to sharing classified information about the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating platform.
- Slater faces a recommended prison sentence of between five years and 10 months and seven years and three months.
- He acknowledged conspiring to share military secrets with a person who claimed to be a woman in Ukraine.
- US attorney Lesley Woods stated that Slater "failed in his duty to protect this information".
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Ex-Army Officer Guilty of Sharing Classified Russia-Ukraine Info on Dating Site
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Retired Army officer pleads guilty to sharing secrets on dating site
A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian for the Air Force has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform.David Slater, 64, who had top secret clearance at his job at the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, pleaded guilty to a single count before a federal magistrate judge in Omaha on Thursday. In exchange for his guilty plea,…
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