Overview

• Nathan L., a 28-year-old Defense Intelligence Agency specialist, reached out to Germany’s BND in March to offer classified U.S. documents.
• He cited opposition to President Trump’s policies and sought German citizenship as part of his motivation.
• FBI operatives posed as foreign agents and monitored him at a dead drop in an Arlington park on April 30.
• He copied at least nine top-secret files onto a USB stick before attempting the handoff and was arrested on May 29.
• The Department of Justice has formally charged him with espionage and he remains in custody awaiting trial.