Kelly Warren
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Kelly Therese Warren (born 1966, Warner Robins, Georgia) is a former private in the United States Army who was convicted of espionage.[1]
Warren worked as a clerk at the 8th Infantry Division's headquarters in Bad Kreuznach, West Germany from 1986 to 1988. While there, Clyde Lee Conrad paid Warren to be allowed access to the secret documents, notably response plans for a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.[2] These plans were later sold to Hungarian intelligence officials.[3]
In 1997, Warren was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. In 1999, she was convicted and subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison.[4]
Warren remains a unique exception to the "typical" American found guilty of espionage. In most cases of Americans convicted of espionage, the category often is a middle-aged white male in the military who holds the rank of a senior enlisted man. To date, Kelly Warren is the only female in the American military to have been convicted of espionage.
Conrad was jailed for life in Germany in 1990, and died in prison in 1998.[5] Kelly Therese Warren was released from federal prison in 2011.
References
- ^ "Ex-soldier Gets 25 Years For Espionage". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. 13 February 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Army 1990 - 2008, 1997 - KELLY THERESE WARREN". www.dhra.mil. Defense Personnel and Security Research Center. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Recent Espionage Cases (1975-1999)". all.net. Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Woman Gets 25-Year Term For Spying In Germany". The New York Times. Reuters. 14 February 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "BBC News | Americas | Former US army clerk jailed for Cold War spying". news.bbc.co.uk. February 13, 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
External links
- Press release on her arrest (CI Center)