A senior US soldier has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia in a major joint MI5, FBI and counter terrorism police operation.
The 41-year-old man detained near Gloucester – approximately 90 miles west of London – is accused of offering to spy for Moscow after being ‘entrusted with sensitive information’.
In an indication of the seriousness of the threat, the head of the FBI, the Commanding General of US Army Counterintelligence Command and the senior national coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing released a press release describing the arrest as a ‘significant’ joint operation.
Tonight the unnamed US army soldier was being
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