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February 2019 Intelligence News

• Former U.S. Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran, Justice Department news release, February 13. "Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to deliver and delivering national defense information to representatives of the Iranian government. Witt, who defected to Iran in 2013, is alleged to have assisted Iranian intelligence services in targeting her former fellow agents in the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC). Witt is also alleged to have disclosed the code name and classified mission of a U.S. Department of Defense Special Access Program. An arrest warrant has been issued for Witt, who remains at large." (Indictment).
• Warp speed, wormholes, invisibility cloaks: Why DIA's research isn't a joke by Jason Miller, Federal News Network, February 11. "Amble said too often DoD is particularly focused on tactical level intelligence, so for DIA to look at weapons and technology that is 'far out there' is important."