The 41-year-old officer was detained near Gloucester on Tuesday following a sting operation. Tyner, who was stationed at NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters—the alliance’s largest base in Britain—is accused of offenses related to protected information and assisting a foreign intelligence service.
British counterterrorism police, working alongside the FBI and U.S. military intelligence, took Tyner into custody. He is expected to be formally charged in the U.K. early next week, after which the U.S. Army will seek to transfer him home and prosecute him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Tyner, who enlisted in 2008, has served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Qatar, earning both a Bronze Star and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. The Kremlin has denied any involvement, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating, “This arrest has nothing to do with us”.
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