Former US air force officer charged with spying for Iran
Source: The Guardian
Monica Witt, who defected in 2013, worked as a cryptologist and a counter-intelligence investigator for more than 10 years
A former US air force intelligence officer who defected to Iran in 2013 has been charged with espionage, giving away the identity of a US agent and other secrets.
Monica Witt, aged 39, was a cryptologist and a counter-intelligence investigator for the US air force for more than 10 years before working as an intelligence analyst for the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton for five months in 2008 and doing other private-sector work.
According to charges unsealed on Wednesday by the justice department, she defected to Iran in August 2013, taking with her details of US counter-intelligence agents she had worked with who were then targeted by Iranian hackers, four of whom are named in the indictment and charged alongside Witt.
“It is a sad day for America when one of its citizens betrays our country,” the assistant attorney general for national security, John Demers, said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/13/monica-witt-air-force-charged-spying-iran
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More than two years of this now. I've disagreed plenty with many previous administrations, but never before have I had this persistent, creepy feeling (no, creepy certainty) that the president– this CURRENT president – is not working for the security and welfare and a future of our country.(OK, he's not working, either -but that's another discussion).
What could they have offered her that was so persuasive
