Elizabeth Jo Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty last year as part of a plea agreement to one count each of willful retention of national defense information and international parental kidnapping.
A West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government, prosecutors said Monday in announcing her conviction in federal court.
Preliminary findings of an investigation into the breach found that “proper entry procedures were not followed” when a suspected kidnapper and his alleged victim were allowed through the main gate at Nellis early Tuesday morning.