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Former U.S. contractor pleads guilty to spying for Ethiopia

Abraham Teklu Lemma, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former U.S. government IT contractor, pleaded guilty on November 3 to conspiring to transmit highly classified national defense information to Ethiopian officials. The BBC said he admitted sharing dozens of classified documents with senior officials; he faces up to nearly 22 years in U.S. prison.

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