Espionage Trial Starts for U.S. Army Officer
From Times Wire Reports
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer ever arrested on spying charges went on trial in Tampa, with a prosecutor saying the defendant was once No. 1 on the Kremlin’s list of intelligence sources during the Cold War.
In Army Reserve Col. George Trofimoff’s espionage trial, federal prosecutor Walter Furr said Trofimoff, 74, delivered documents to the KGB over 25 years.
The information he is accused of providing includes details on U.S. battle plans and briefs of chemical and biological weapons.
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