Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign...

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Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign...
Court papers say the espionage case grew out of a secret offer to an unidentified foreign country.
washingtonpost.com
11:15 AM · Oct 10, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/navy-nuclear-engineer-and-his-wife-charged-with-trying-to-share-submarine-secrets-with-a-foreign-country/2021/10/10/c461aff2-29d9-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html

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A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with repeatedly trying to pass secrets about U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign country, in an alleged espionage plot discovered by the FBI, according to court documents.

Authorities say Jonathan Toebbe, who has a top-secret clearance, “has passed, and continues to pass, Restricted Data as defined by the Atomic Energy Act?.?.?. to a foreign government?.?.?. with the witting assistance of his spouse, Diana Toebbe,” according to a criminal complaint filed in West Virginia and unsealed Sunday.

The court papers say that in December 2020, an FBI official received a package that had been sent to the foreign country containing U.S. Navy documents, a letter and instructions for how to conduct encrypted communications with the person offering the information.

The letter in the package said: “Please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. I believe this information will be of great value to your nation. This is not a hoax.”

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[70sEraVet]

1. He was a former Naval officer. A disgraceful traitor.

He deserves what's coming to him.

[underpants]

2. Damn! The West Virginia Navy!

Quite a story.