"Former Air Force Colonel Indicted for Leaking Classified Information on Dating Site"
Retired US Army colonel David Franklin Slater has been charged with sending classified information to a person through a foreign dating website, allegedly divulging details learned from classified briefings relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to someone he believed to be a woman in Ukraine. He faces charges of conspiracy and unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, with potential prison time of up to 10 years if found guilty. Another US airman has also pleaded guilty to illegally retaining and transmitting national defense information, highlighting recent cases of security breaches within the military.