US Contractor Pleads Guilty to Spying for Ethiopia
A former US government contractor admitted sharing classified documents with Ethiopian officials to aid military operations against Tigray fighters.
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First reported by BBC News, 4h 19m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 4 Nov 2026. BBC News published first, on 4 November at 06:07 UTC; businessinsider.com followed 4h 20m later. The most recent article, from www.theregister.com, appeared on 4 November at 15:39 UTC.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- BBC NewsUS contractor gave Ethiopia secrets to help kill Tigray fighters
- businessinsider.com© Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia 9 November 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
- ABC NewsUS contractor admits passing US top-secret information to Ethiopia
- www.theregister.comUS gov IT worker pleads guilty to sending Top Secret files to Ethiopia
Sources
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- US contractor admits passing US top-secret information to Ethiopia ABC News ·
- US gov IT worker pleads guilty to sending Top Secret files to Ethiopia www.theregister.com
- © Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia 9 November 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri businessinsider.com
- US contractor gave Ethiopia secrets to help kill Tigray fighters BBC News
In this story
- Ethiopia
- Tigray People’s Liberation Front