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- A US Army officer arrested in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia did not pass any classified information to Moscow. A US official sai.
- British authorities are expected to indict Lt. Col. Brandon Tyner on Sunday or Monday, according to a U.S. official. He will then face trial.
- Another US official also confirmed Brandon Tyner's name and said he had previously been deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Qatar. The two US.
A US Army officer arrested in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia did not pass any classified information to Moscow. A US official said on Thursday that formal charges against the officer are expected in the UK in the next few days.
British authorities are expected to indict Lt. Col. Brandon Tyner on Sunday or Monday, according to a U.S. official. He will then face trial under the US military justice system. The official clarified that none of the information fell into the hands of Russia.
Another US official also confirmed Brandon Tyner's name and said he had previously been deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Qatar. The two US officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.
Brandon Tyner was a senior human resources officer in the Army and was assigned to a NATO unit at a military base near Gloucester, England. He was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service and obtaining or disclosing classified information.
The Metropolitan Police announced the arrest this week and said its counter-terrorism officers worked closely with the FBI and the US military.
