Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site
David Slater, 64, was sentenced to 70 months and fined $25,000 for leaking classified details about Russian military targets during the Ukraine war via a foreign dating site.
- A retired Army officer, David Slater, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for sharing classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine on a dating site.
- Slater, 64, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to disclose national defense information and was fined $25,000.
- He had access to classified briefings about the Russia-Ukraine war during his service from August 2021 to April 2022.
- Court documents revealed that Slater transmitted classified information via a dating website’s messaging platform to an unnamed coconspirator.
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Former US Air Force officer David Slater received almost 6 years in prison for passing secret information about the Russian-Ukrainian war through a dating site.
‘My Secret Informant Love’: Ex-Army Officer Leaked Russia-Ukraine War Secrets on Dating Site
A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian for the Air Force is heading to prison after he conspired to share classified information on a foreign online dating platform.
Retired U.S. Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site
A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian for the Air Force has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform.

Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site
A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform.
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