FBI offers reward for ex-Air Force spy suspect as Iran nuclear warnings grow

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran. At the same time, U.S. officials are warning that Iran is just weeks away from being able to build a nuclear weapon, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright calling the country "frighteningly close" to that threshold.

These developments come amid broader tensions: the FBI director told the Senate that Serbia is returning suspected intelligence agents to China instead of extraditing them to the U.S., and reports say the threat of war with Iran is straining financial reserves in Asia, especially in the Philippines and India. Meanwhile, some FBI insiders have accused director Kash Patel of inflating arrest numbers to make the agency look more effective.