Monica Witt.Monica Witt.

The US Justice Department has charged a former air force intelligence officer with spying for Iran, saying she exposed a US agent and helped the Revolutionary Guard develop cyber targets in the US military.

US officials said Monica Witt, who worked for years in US Air Force counterintelligence, had an "ideological" turn against her country and exposed US intelligence operations against Tehran. 

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