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Ex-US Attorney Jessica Aber investigated Russia, CIA leaker before death (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 week ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/news@beehaw.org

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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.23-130621/https://www.newsweek.com/jessica-aber-death-2049234

Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica Aber, who was found dead at the age of 43 by Virginia authorities on Saturday, was at the helm of high-profile investigations into intelligence leaks, allegations of war crimes against Russian-linked individuals and people suspected of providing sensitive U.S. technology to Moscow before she stepped down at the start of the year.

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago

Oh look. The Russian agents are openly operating in the US now and killing US citizens they deem enemies.

Did she fall out of a window or get unexplained radiation poisoning?

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"An investigation is underway into the circumstances around Aber's death, and no preliminary cause of death has been given."

[–] remington@beehaw.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They may never release the truth surrounding her death.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 4 points 1 week ago

None needed when it's that fucking obvious.