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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife sentenced to 14 years in prison after spying for Iran and escaping from jail
‘I am sure you sent some of what you recorded to your handlers’published at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time
Khalfe continued to collect information during his Army training in Texas, and achieved Nato clearance, says Justice Cheema-Grubb.
Again, he photographed screens marked secret. He told police later that, following his return, the Iranian handler was in touch on a weekly basis.
“I am sure you sent some of what you recorded to your handlers,” says the judge.
By the time his phone was examined, the spreadsheet had been deleted, but he compiled a handwritten list.
Later that day, Khalife exploited a security flaw to search for details of personnel, took screenshots which included their full names.
Khalife said he did this “to demonstrate there was a security gap”.
“You knew the Iranians were interested in the access. I am driven firmly to the conclusion that this was to send to the Iranians – whether you did send it, this is an offence under terrorism act,” says Cheema-Grubb.
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