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Retired Army Officer Sentenced for Sharing Secret Military Info

10/11/2025

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David Slater, a retired Army officer, was sentenced to 70 months for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine via foreign dating platform.
Slater pled guilty to disclosing national defense information and was fined $25,000.
He held top secret clearance with the Air Force.
He transmitted military information to a coconspirator posing as a Ukrainian woman.
He was arrested in March 2024 after his July guilty plea.

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David Slater, a retired Army officer, was sentenced to 70 months for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine via foreign dating platform.
Slater pled guilty to disclosing national defense information and was fined $25,000.
He held top secret clearance with the Air Force.
He transmitted military information to a coconspirator posing as a Ukrainian woman.
He was arrested in March 2024 after his July guilty plea.