Former defense contractor arrested for allegedly attempting share classified information with Russia

A former defense contractor was arrested after allegedly attempting to send classified U.S. Air Force information to Russia

Between 2004 and 2018, Rowe worked with four contractors but was terminated after multiple security violations, according to an affidavit. In one incident, he allegedly "inquired about the possibility of simultaneously holding a U.S. security clearance and a Russian security clearance."

His actions eventually led the FBI to investigate, with an undercover officer posing as an agent of the Russian government and making contact with Rowe in March of last year. During Rowe's encounters with the agent, he made multiple disclosures of national defense information about the Air Force, the affidavit alleges.

Rowe then spent months exchanging over 300 emails with the undercover agent in which he said he was willing to work with the Russian government and share classified information.