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David Franklin Slater, 63, was taken into custody in Nebraska on
Friday on a three-count federal indictment. He was expected to
make an initial court appearance on Tuesday.
The indictment accuses Slater of giving classified material by
email and online messages about the Russia-Ukraine war to
someone claiming to be a woman living in Ukraine.
That person, who called Slater her "secret agent" and "secret
informant love," was not identified by name in the indictment.
Slater, who retired as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army
before joining the Air Force as a civilian employee, was
assigned to U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in
Nebraska, the Justice Department said.
If he is convicted at trial, Slater faces up to 10 years in
federal prison on each of the three counts in the indictment.
(Reporting by Eric Beech and Dan Whitcomb)
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