Air Force employee allegedly leaked classified info on dating site

Federal authorities are accusing a civilian Air Force employee of allegedly sending classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine to a romantic interest through a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department announced Monday.

David Franklin Slater, 63, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who went on to work at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, was arrested Saturday for allegedly disclosing and conspiring to transmit classified intelligence in early 2022.

His unidentified “co-conspirator” allegedly asked him to provide sensitive information regularly, referring to him as “my secret agent,” according to the indictment, which accuses Slater of obliging those requests.

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