Legal Opinion
United States v. Lonetree
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided September 28, 1992No. 65,642; NMCM 88 2414PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:1
Sergeant Clayton Lonetree was a Marine Corps embassy guard on duty in Moscow when he met Soviet agent Violetta Seina in a subway station. He began a romantic liaison with Seina and eventually passed confidential information to a Soviet agent named Yefimov (a.k.a. “Uncle Sasha”). Ignorant of his activities, the Marine Corps transferred Lonetree to guard duty at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, where he continued his contact with the Soviets through an agent named Lyssov (a.k.a. “George”). His double life came to an end on December 14, 1986, when, in the…
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