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Ex-Scientist Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage

Ex-Scientist Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage

A former government space scientist pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of attempted espionage for trying to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli spy.

 

U.S. scientist charged with peddling nuclear secrets

U.S. scientist charged with peddling nuclear secrets

A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist and his wife were charged with trying to sell nuclear weapons secrets to a person they believed was a Venezuelan government official, the Justice Department said on Friday.

 

Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in US spy case

Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in US spy case

An ex-Boeing Co (BA.N) engineer, found guilty last year of passing space shuttle secrets to China in America's first conviction under a 1996 espionage law, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison.

 

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