U.S. accuses former Air Force intelligence specialist of spying for Iran

Monica Elfriede Witt.
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The U.S. is charging one of its own former Air Force intelligence specialists with espionage, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Monica Witt, 39, who was born and raised in Texas and was in the Air Force from 1997 until 2008, defected to Iran in 2013. The indictment states that during her tenure in the Air Force, Witt had access to "top secret national defense information." She also handled classified projects as a government contractor in her post-Air Force career from 2008 to 2010.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.