Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer Charged With Spying For Iran

Photo: An image provided by the F.B.I. shows Monica E. Witt in 2012. (NYT)

Daily Mail: Ex-Air Force counterintelligence agent is charged with spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guard six years after she vanished in central Asia

* Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, defected to Iran in 2013
* She is charged with revealing classified information, spying on former colleagues
* Set up fake Facebook account to mimic account of one former colleague
* Tricked 'several' former colleagues to accept 'friend' requests from the fake account
* Charged with 'revealing to the Iranian regime a highly classified intelligence program and the identity of a U.S. Intelligence Officer'

Federal prosecutors have charged a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist with collaborating with Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces to spy on her former American colleagues.

Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, defected to Iran in 2013, and brought with information about U.S. spy techniques and the people who took part in them.

She is charged with conspiring to deliver as well as delivering national defense information to representatives of the Iranian government, a long-time adversary of Washington.

Along with four 'cyber coconspirators' in Iran, she sought to deploy malware and spearfishing campaigns 'that would provide them covert access to the targets' computers and networks,' according to prosecutors.

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More News On A Former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer Being Charged With Spying For Iran

US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets -- AP
U.S. charges former Air Force officer with spying for Iran -- Reuters
Former Air Force Intelligence Agent Charged With Spying for Iran -- The New York Times
U.S. charges former Air Force intelligence specialist with conspiring to provide Iran with classified information -- The Washington Post
Former Air Force officer Monica Witt charged with sharing US defense secrets with Iran, targeting agents -- CNBC
Former US counterintelligence agent allegedly spied on colleagues to help out Iran, indictment reveals -- FOX News
US charges former Air Force intelligence specialist with spying for Iran -- CNN
Former Air Force intelligence officer charged with revealing classified information to Iran -- Politico
Former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran -- The Hill
Monica Witt: US Air Force officer defects to Iran with information 'seriously damaging' to national security, officials reveal -- The Independent
Justice Department says former US Air Force agent turned on her own, revealed US spies to Iran -- Business Insider
Ex-Air Force Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Giving Secrets To Iran -- NPR
Former US air force officer charged with spying for Iran -- The Guardian

6 comments:

kidd said...

Your better off pleasing GOD fool

kidd said...

The devils deed what a world

RussInSoCal said...

Inherent security risk at the outset.

Anonymous said...

Have fun in Iran, I hear it's a great place for women to live...

Anonymous said...

The second she headed to Iran to 'visit' they should have yanked her clearance.

Stephen Davenport said...

We ever capture her, she needs to be tried and executed for treason.