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U.S. Citizen Arrested in Germany on Suspicion of Offering Military Intelligence to China

The federal prosecutor's office said the suspect, identified only as Martin D. under German privacy law, until recently “worked for the U.S. armed forces in Germany.”

A U.S. citizen suspected of offering intelligence about the American military to China has been arrested in Frankfurt, German authorities said Thursday.

Identified only as Martin D. under German privacy law, the federal prosecutors office said in a statement that the suspect “worked for the U.S. armed forces in Germany,” until recently.

Prosecutors added that, at some point this year, the suspect “contacted Chinese government agencies and offered to provide them with sensitive U.S. military information for forwarding to a Chinese intelligence service.” They did not say when the offer took place.

Read the rest of the story at NBC News.

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