US military officer arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): A senior United States military officer was arrested on Tuesday in the United Kingdom on suspicion of spying for Russia, according to a statement from London police.
The 41-year-old man was detained near the city of Gloucester. According to the BBC, he worked at a military base in Innsworth, the headquarters of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, a rapidly deployable NATO unit made up of military personnel from more than 20 countries.
Police said they are conducting searches at two locations in the region. The police statement did not say whether any information was passed to Moscow, or what information might be involved.
The U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command described the suspect as a higher-ranking military member “entrusted with sensitive information.” An counter-terrorism unit of British police is working on the investigation together with the U.S.
Army and the FBI.
The UK’s national coordinator for counter-terrorism described the allegations as “serious,” but did not provide further details.
The arrest comes after the United States earlier this week moved aircraft out of the UK for a second time because of a threat from Iran. The aircraft were moved from RAF Mildenhall, after the U.S.
had previously evacuated bombers from RAF Fairford. Police are also investigating a possible foiled attack on the Fairford air base.
Police said the Russian espionage investigation is separate from other ongoing counter-terrorism investigations.
