Saudi Spies Charged With Stealing Private Info From Twitter Users – Freebeacon

The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has charged three individuals with acting as spies for Saudi Arabia in a plot that included accessing and stealing the personal information of Twitter users.

The three men, two of whom were Twitter employees, are alleged to have targeted critics of Saudi Arabia, stolen their private information, and then sent it to the Saudi government, according to the DOJ.

“Acting in the United States under the direction and control of Saudi officials, the defendants are alleged to have obtained private,…