Insider Signal Plus - 2021.06
Our 4th issue! U.S. linguist contractor passing secrets to Hezbollah, State Department bribes for construction contracts, Toptal sues Andela, $22M embezzled for poker tournaments, and other stories.
Lovelorn Pentagon Linguist Sentenced for Passing Secrets to Hezbollah
Mariam Taha Thompson, 63, a linguist for a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after admitting she revealed identifies of informants and other classified data to a Lebanese man linked to Hezbollah. According to the prosecution, Thompson, who …