[ January 21, 2020 ]
U.S. charges Muslim former Air Force officer with spying for Islamic Republic of Iran
The United States also charged four Iranian nationals who it said were involved in the attacks. How are devout Muslims vetted for these sensitive positions? Obama scrubbed all counter-terror materials of all mention of Islam and jihad.
U.S. charges former Air Force officer with spying for Iran
By Andy Sullivan and Lisa Lambert, MSN, February 13, 2018:Reuters/HANDOUT The Federal Bureau of Investigation photo of former U.S. Air Force officer Monica Witt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday charged former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Monica Witt with helping Iran in a cyber-spying operation that targeted her former colleagues.As part of its action, the United States also charged four Iranian nationals who it said were involved in the cyber attacks.
Washington also sanctioned two Iran-based firms – New Horizon Organization and Net Peygard Samavat Company – and several individuals associated with the two groups.
U.S. officials said Witt supplied classified information about U.S. intelligence officers after defecting to Iran in 2013.
Witt was recruited for the operation after attending two international conferences organized by New Horizon, which supported efforts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force to recruit and collect intelligence from foreign attendees, they said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation photo of former U.S. Air Force officer Monica WittThey said Witt served as a counterintelligence officer in the Air Force from 1997 until 2008, and worked as contractor for two years after that.
Net Peygard targeted current and former U.S. government and military personnel with a malicious cyber campaign, officials said.
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