State Department Employee to Face Charges in FBI Probe: Officials

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. State Department employee is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Wednesday to face charges in a FBI counterintelligence investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

The employee, Candace Claiborne, works in the State Department office that handles Caucasus Affairs, government records showed.

One official said the charges are expected to include lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2017-03-29/state-dept-employee-to-face-charges-in-fbi-probe-officials

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The Caucasus /ˈkɔːkəsəs/ or Caucasia /kɔːˈkeɪʒə/ is a region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian seas. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, which contain Europe's highest mountain, Mount Elbrus, 5,642 metres (18,510 ft). Politically, the Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts. The southern parts consist of independent sovereign states, and the northern parts are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. -- Wikipedia

No fair jumping to conclusions...

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Interesting that they've probed this deeply

Sometimes the smallest bit of information just doesn't jive with something else

A single stitch can unravel an entire fabric

[Recursion]

2. Dammit. The last thing State needs right now is a black eye like this

[jberryhill]

3. zoominfo has her at State since at least as far back as 2012

and she's in a 2015 directory:

DCM OMS Candace Claiborne, Khartoum, Sudan

(Deputy Chief of Mission, Office Management Specialist)
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-500755061/usa-state-department-directory?trp=&trn=organic_google&trl=

[onenote]

8. Began at State in 1999 apparently.

Spent time in various overseas assignments, including Shanghai.

[notdarkyet]

4. They are using her to show the others--see what happens when you lie to the FBI.

[jberryhill]

5. "Claiborne allegedly failed report contacts w/ Chinese foreign intelligence who provided her w/ gift

[Friend or Foe]

6. Damn Caucasians! eom

[geek tragedy]

7. Looks like garden variety industrial espionage--being bribed by the Chinese for economic info

Doesn't seem to tie to Putin's Puppet.

[onenote]

9. If anything, it sounds like she was providing the Chinese information about Russia