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„[Monica] Witt’s defection, as someone who had access to the identities of US government assets in Iran and knew how foreign communications were intercepted, was one of the biggest intelligence betrayals in recent American history.
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More than a decade on, as America and Israel attack Iran, experts say she could prove to be a deadly secret weapon for the Islamic Republic.
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– »On a scale of one to ten, I believed she was a seven or eight in terms of the potential for doing damage to the US« – said Douglas Wise [1], the former deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (@DefenseIntel) in an assessment from the time.
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Now, as America attacks Iran, another expert said »she could be providing the Islamic Republic access to individuals who worked on sensitive matters«.
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@PhillipSmyth [2] [3] [4] [5], an analyst on the counterterrorism advisory board for »Homeland Security Today« (@HSTodayMag),
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added that Witt once had an »inside track on sensitive material — particularly material that could compromise agents the US was using in operations against the Islamic Republic«.
He said:
– »We still don’t know just how much damage her spying has done to the US«.
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Witt is considered a fugitive who remains on the @FBI's most-wanted list for espionage.”
March 19, 2026
[1] @USF_GNSI usf.edu/gnsi/about/fel…
[2] @WashInstitute washingtoninstitute.org/experts/philli…
[3] @HSTodayMag members.gtscoalition.com/calendar/Detai…
@FBI @USF_GNSI @WashInstitute @HSTodayMag 8).
[4] @CTCWP ctc.westpoint.edu/authors/philli…
[5] @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/author/phillip…
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