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Former U.S. contractor pleads guilty to passing secrets

Abraham Teklu Lemma, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to transmit national defense information to Ethiopia. Prosecutors said the former contractor supplied classified intelligence to senior Ethiopian officials for more than two years, and that it reached Ethiopia’s military and intelligence branches from 2021 to August 2023 and was used in military operations.

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