LONDON, Nov 13 — The US Army has named the senior American officer arrested in England this week on suspicion of spying for Russia as Lt. Col. Brandon Carroll Tyner, 41, a human resources officer assigned to NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Gloucestershire. An Army official identified Tyner to Military Times on Friday, three days after counter-terrorism police arrested him near Gloucester; he has not been charged and the allegations against him are unproven.

Source: Defense News / Military Times

Tyner began serving in the Army in January 2008 as a human resources officer — military occupational specialty 42H — and deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar and Iraq during his career, the Army official said. At the time of his arrest he was assigned to Imjin Barracks, a British Army base at Innsworth, Gloucestershire, which hosts the headquarters of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

British police arrested Tyner on Tuesday, November 10, on suspicion of offences under Sections 1 and 3 of Britain's National Security Act 2023, which cover obtaining or disclosing protected information and assisting a foreign intelligence service. Police said the country to which the allegations relate is Russia. Counter Terrorism Policing London is leading the investigation, officers searched two locations in Gloucestershire, and Tyner remains in custody at a London police station, PA Media reported.

Source: PA Media via Glasgow Times

Detention extended, charges expected within days

Tyner was publicly identified only after British counter-terror police secured more time to question him: a warrant of further detention means he can now be held until Tuesday, November 17, PA Media reported. A US official told the Associated Press on Thursday that British charges are expected on Sunday or Monday, and that the intention is then to prosecute him under the US military justice system. The same official said Tyner had not handed over any information and that no information made it into Russian hands.

Source: Associated Press

Kremlin denies any link; US commanders call it an insider-threat warning

A Kremlin spokesman denied Russia has any links to the US officer. Dmitry Peskov said: "This arrest does not concern us in any way. We don't know what it's connected to. We have nothing to do with this and it has nothing to do with us," PA Media reported. In Washington, FBI Director Kash Patel said the arrest "involves allegations of espionage, which is of the utmost concern to the United States and our allies," adding: "While this investigation is continuing, I want to send a clear message — this FBI has no tolerance for anyone who breaks their oath to the United States and whose actions endanger our national security and that of our partners."

Brig. Gen. Sean Stinchon, commanding general of US Army Counterintelligence Command, said: "The alleged conduct of a senior soldier, entrusted with sensitive information, is a sobering reminder that insider threats are real and persistent," and urged anyone who sees something suspicious to report it. Defense News noted the arrest comes amid US European Command's "See Something, Do Something" vigilance campaign, and cited an October report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) warning that Russia has increased hybrid threats across Europe — targeting aviation in Germany, attempting sabotage in Poland and increasing drone incursions in Romania and Moldova — in an attempt to weaken support for Ukraine.