A civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
The accused, a 63-year-old man identified as a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was previously assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, was taken into custody on Saturday. He faces charges of illegally disclosing national defense information and conspiring to do so.
