US State Dept employee arrested on conspiracy charges related to defense information

 The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that a State Department employee was arrested on criminal charges related to alleged participation in a conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information.

The State Department employee, who works in Washington, held a top secret security clearance and had access to information up to the secret level within his department workspace, the Justice Department said in a statement.

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