Ex-US Air Force Intelligence Agent Charged With Transferring Data To Iran - Indictment

Ex-US Air Force Intelligence Agent Charged With Transferring Data to Iran - Indictment

Former US Air Force intelligence specialist Monica Witt has been indicted on seven counts for delivering national defense information to the government of Iran, conspiracy and attempt to commit computer intrusions and aggravated identity theft, according to an indictment filed in US court on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th February, 2019) Former US Air Force intelligence specialist Monica Witt has been indicted on seven counts for delivering national defense information to the government of Iran, conspiracy and attempt to commit computer intrusions and aggravated identity theft, according to an indictment filed in US court on Wednesday.

"From in or around January 2012 to in or around May 2015, in Iran, and elsewhere outside the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, defendant Monica Elfriede Witt did knowingly and unlawfully combine, confederate, and agree with other persons...to knowingly and unlawfully communicate, deliver, and transmit to a foreign government, specifically Iran, and to that foreign government's representatives, officers, and agents, directly and indirectly, documents and information relating to the national defense of the United States," the indictment said.

The indictment also alleges that Witt planned to go to Russia in 2013 to contact WikiLeaks without disclosing her location.

"On or about July 3, 2013, Witt wrote Individual A, 'I think I can slip into Russia quietly if they help me and then I can contact WikiLeaks from there without disclosing my location," the indictment said.