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Via press release from the Justice Department:
Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged today in the District of Columbia with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Hizballah, a foreign terrorist organization that has been so designated by the Secretary of State.
According to the affidavit filed in support of a criminal complaint, the information Thompson gathered and transmitted included classified national defense information regarding active human assets, including their true names. By compromising the identities of these human assets, Thompson placed the lives of the human assets and U.S. military personnel in grave danger.
“While in a war zone, the defendant allegedly gave sensitive national defense information, including the names of individuals helping the United States, to a Lebanese national located overseas,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. “If true, this conduct is a disgrace, especially for someone serving as a contractor with the United States military. This betrayal of country and colleagues will be punished.”
Thompson was arrested by FBI Special Agents on February 27, 2020, at an overseas U.S. military facility, where she worked as a contract linguist and held a Top Secret government security clearance.
Federal prosecutors accused Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, of turning over information that placed in danger those intelligence assets and American military personnel. https://t.co/RX9MiJbsG5
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) March 4, 2020
In court now @CBSNews DoD linguist charged with espionage, accused of revealing names intelligence assets to co-conspirator with “apparent connections” Hizbollah” Theft NATSEC secrets alleged on same day protestors stormed US Embassy Baghdad https://t.co/m7KmUT8vy0 @ClareHymes22
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) March 4, 2020