(AP) - STOCKHOLM, Sweden-A Swedish military officer is suspected of leaking classified information about NATO's peacekeeping operations in Kosovo to an alleged Serbian spy she was dating, Sweden's Armed Forces said Monday.
The woman, who was not identified, allegedly sent e-mails with details about the KFOR force to the Serbian man, who worked as an interpreter for the United Nations in Kosovo, the military said in a statement.
The woman, who was serving in Sweden's KFOR contingent, started dating the man around the start of 2006, and began sending him the classified documents shortly after, the statement said.
The alleged spy, identified only as "Z", was discovered last year and questioned by NATO officials, but has since disappeared, Sweden's military said. It was unclear what government or organization he is suspected to have worked for.
The Swedish officer has not been charged with a crime, but will be investigated by the military's disciplinary board.
"The loss of information caused by Z's operations is the most extensive in KFOR's history," said Klas Eksell, a spokesman for Sweden's intelligence agency Must. "It is of course extremely serious that a Swedish officer is suspected to be involved in this."
Sweden is not a NATO member but contributed troops to its peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo.
Investigators have been able to recover e-mail traffic from the Swedish woman on the alleged spy's computer, along with thousands of classified NATO and U.N. documents, the military said.
Sweden's military intelligence agency said the woman claimed she didn't realize the man was a spy, even though she referred to his "spy business" in one of the e-mails. The man then replied that "I am not a spy. I am a doer of good," according to the statement.
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