The Nation - News from Aug. 14, 1985
A CIA clerk accused of leaking intelligence information to Ghana pleaded guilty to two counts in the alleged spy case and not guilty to 16 others, including the most serious espionage counts she faces. On July 11, the FBI brought espionage charges against Sharon M. Scranage and Michael Agbotui Soussoudis, 39, a relative of Ghana leader Jerry Rawlings. It alleged that Soussoudis wooed Scranage into divulging secrets about CIA operations in Ghana. Ghana has denied asking Scranage to spy.
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