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1 Jun 2021 The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va.  — A former Army Green Beret sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for spying for Russia has filed paperwork seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. Peter Debbins of Gainesville, Virginia, filed the handwritten motion earlier this week from his jail cell in Alexandria. He gave no reason for doing so, but the filing came less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 188 months in prison for violating the federal Espionage Act. The sentence he received was significantly longer than the five-year term his lawyer had requested. At his ...

Convicted spy for Russia moves to withdraw guilty plea • Associated Press • May 29, 2021   Peter Debbins is seen in 2014 as he was congratulated upon passing the Chartered Institute of Linguists’ exam in Russian translation. (The Institute of World Politics) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Army Green Beret sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for spying for Russia has filed paperwork seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. Peter Debbins of Gainesville, Virginia, filed the handwritten motion earlier this week from his jail cell in Alexandria. He gave no reason for doing so, but...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Army Green Beret sentenced to more than 15 years in...

increase font size Ex-Army Green Beret who spied for Russia sentenced to 15 years Peter Dzibinski Debbins claimed Russian intelligence agents blackmailed him by threatening to expose his same-sex attractions, but prosecutors say he fabricated that excuse and considered himself a 'loyal son of Russia.' By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press Share FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A former Army Green Beret who admitted divulging military secrets to Russia over a 15-year period was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday on espionage charges. The sentence of 15 years and 8 months imposed on Peter Dzi...

The sentence of 15 years and 8 months imposed on Peter Dzibinski Debbins was largely in line with the 17-year term sought by prosecutors.