An Air Force officer has been detained in the United States for passing classified information to a "Ukrainian woman" with whom he had been communicating through a dating website The secret information concerned the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, and David Slater, the name of the accused, had access to it because he worked in the strategic command of the armed forces of the United States. He attended briefings where the conflict in eastern Ukraine was discussed, and afterwards passed this data to a "Ukrainian" through an online dating service, according to the website of the US Department of Justice.
In this case, Slater's wife with enviable regularity asked to provide her with classified information, and in personal messages without hesitation called him a "secret informant" or "secret agent". Slater faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.
