A former defense contractor was arrested after allegedly attempting to send classified U.S. Air Force information to Russia
John Murray Rowe Jr., a 63-year-old man from South Dakota,"attempted to provide classified national defense information to the Russian government," according to a
Thursday. Row, who is originally from Massachusetts, spent 40 years as a test engineer for multiple defense contractors, where he was able to obtain multiple security clearances.. In one incident, he allegedly"inquired about the possibility of simultaneously holding a U.S. security clearance and a Russian security clearance."
His actions eventually led the FBI to investigate, with an undercover officer posing as an agent of the Russian government and making contact with Rowe in March of last year. During Rowe's encounters with the agent, he made multiple disclosures of national defense information about the Air Force, the affidavit alleges.
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