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A US defence department linguist has been charged with transmitting "highly sensitive classified" information to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah.
Mariam Thompson, 61, is accused of endangering the lives of US military personnel and others on "active" duty by revealing their real names.
Her alleged actions were a "threat to national security", US officials said.
Ms Thompson was arrested by FBI agents at an overseas US base on 27 February.
Formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, she worked as a contract linguist and held a "top secret government security clearance", the US justice department said in a statement on Wednesday.
"While in a war zone, the defendant allegedly gave sensitive national defence information, including the names of individuals helping the United States, to a Lebanese national located overseas," the justice department's assistant attorney general for national security, John Demers, said.
US defence worker charged with espionage
Minnesota has severe problems. It's an entire state with problem children.
Mariam Thompson, 61, is accused of endangering the lives of US military personnel and others on "active" duty by revealing their real names.
Her alleged actions were a "threat to national security", US officials said.
Ms Thompson was arrested by FBI agents at an overseas US base on 27 February.
Formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, she worked as a contract linguist and held a "top secret government security clearance", the US justice department said in a statement on Wednesday.
"While in a war zone, the defendant allegedly gave sensitive national defence information, including the names of individuals helping the United States, to a Lebanese national located overseas," the justice department's assistant attorney general for national security, John Demers, said.
US defence worker charged with espionage
Minnesota has severe problems. It's an entire state with problem children.