An American military man leaked secret data to a Ukrainian woman he found on a dating site.

The retired Army officer was arrested on March 2 and charged with illegally disclosing confidential national defense information on an overseas dating site, reports US Department of Justice.

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David Franklin Slater, 63, was most recently an Air Force civilian assigned to U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). He communicated with a person on a foreign dating site who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine. Slater sent the man separate secret Pentagon documents about the war with Russia.

STRATCOM is the U.S. military combatant command responsible for nuclear deterrence and nuclear control. STRATCOM is headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. During his time at STRATCOM, Slater had a top secret security clearance and received training in the proper handling of sensitive government information, according to the documents.

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After leaving the military in 2020, Slater began working at STRATCOM in August 2021, where he attended top secret briefings about the war in Ukraine, reports CBS. STRATCOM confirmed that he worked in its logistics department until 2022.

Correspondence about secret data

According to court documents, Slater and a “woman from Ukraine” discussed the war via email and an online messaging platform. The alleged woman regularly asked Slater for access to national defense information, prosecutors said.

“Darling, what is shown on the screens in the special room? This is very interesting,” the person wrote to Slater in March 2022.

“Dear Dave, do NATO and Biden have a secret plan to help us?” — the Ukrainian woman allegedly asked in another message.

Court documents said the person Slater was communicating with referred to him as “my secret informant” and urged him to hand over more sensitive information.

“Dave, it’s great that you get the information first. I hope you'll tell me right away? You are my secret agent. With love,” one message said.

“My dear Dave, thank you for the valuable information, it’s great that two officials from the United States are going to Kyiv,” the contact wrote on April 14, 2022.

Prosecutors say that in response to requests, Slater provided confidential information, including details that the US intelligence agency had classified. According to the indictment, such information, if disclosed, would “cause serious harm to national security.”

Slater faces one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information.

If convicted, Slater faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250 for each count of conspiracy to transmit national defense information.

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