A member of the British Armed Forces was charged with violating state secrets law. This was reported by Scotland Yard’s press service. TASS.
It was stated that 36-year-old Thomas Newsam was detained on 18 April as a result of an investigation carried out by the London police counter-terrorism unit.
The soldier is charged with committing a crime according to the second and eighth paragraphs of the law passed in 1989. It includes penalties for public officials for disclosing defense-related information as well as for failing to comply with governmental regulations on dealing with confidential data.
Court in the United States before appointed A meeting on April 27 on a restraining order for a member of the US Air Force National Guard, Jack Teixeira, who was accused of storing and transmitting classified information.
Before that, CNN had Teixeira’s worked He was tasked with overseeing the proper functioning of the Air Force’s “extensive global communications network” in the Cyber Transportation Systems Division.