{"id":85070,"date":"2019-02-17T18:20:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T22:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85070"},"modified":"2019-02-17T18:20:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T22:20:22","slug":"former-air-force-tech-sergeant-who-defected-to-iran-charged-with-spying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85070","title":{"rendered":"Former Air Force tech sergeant who defected to Iran charged with spying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spy\"The FBI released this undated photo of Monica Elfriede Witt, a former Air Force intelligence specialist, in a wanted poster after she was indicted for espionage by a grand jury on Feb. 8. Witt, who speaks Farsi, defected to Iran and is living in Tehran, according to the bureau. Though she left the service as a technical sergeant, it is unclear what rank she held when this photo was taken. (FBI)<\/p>\n

These hurt the worst. An Airborne Crypto Specialist Farsi speaker, then worked with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Left the service as an E-6 and with her skills and clearance she would have been snapped up by any one of several big name Government Contractors, or just jump over to a lifetime GS gig. But no, she puts on the hijab and sells out her companions and country.<\/p>\n

More here:<\/p>\n

By: Kent Miller
\nA former Air Force counterintelligence specialist, a technical sergeant, who defected to Iran about five years after leaving the Air Force, has been charged with revealing classified information as well as research about her former colleagues to representatives of the Tehran government, prosecutors said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A Justice Department indictment charges former Air Force Tech. Sgt. Monica Elfriede Witt, who defected in 2013 and is currently at-large, along with four Iranian hackers who, prosecutors say, used the information she provided to target former colleagues in the U.S. intelligence community.<\/p>\n

The indictment says the four Iranians were acting on behalf of the government-linked Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. All four remain at large.<\/p>\n

Witt, who was born in El Paso, Texas, joined the Air Force on Dec, 17, 1997, and served as an airborne crypto linguist, according to information provided by the Air Force. She later changed jobs and became a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Her last assignment before separating as an E-6 on June 12, 2008, was with the 2nd Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the Air Force said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rest of the article may be viewed here: Air Force Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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