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Espionage!

Griz882 said:
I find it interesting that he and his wife went for cryptocurrency.
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Why? I mean, it's designed to facilitate money laundering and illicit commerce. I have seen zero official reporting on this, but the conventional wisdom is that the foreign nation was France or Israel.
 
Griz882 said:
Should we assume @Max the Mad Russian has been up to the old ways or is this the CHICAPS? I find it interesting that he and his wife went for cryptocurrency.

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US couple arrested for selling nuclear warship data | The National

Navy engineer and his wife attempted to sell secrets to a foreign state, Justice Department says
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Eff, Imagine giving up your freedom for $100k. Little did this guy know he could have made more than that in the private sector working as a Nuclear Engineer or Plant Operator plus a pension and benefits! SMH
 
Brett327 said:
Why? I mean, it's designed to facilitate money laundering and illicit commerce. I have seen zero official reporting on this, but the conventional wisdom is that the foreign nation was France or Israel.
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I understand, I just can’t recall another case (open to public discourse) of a U.S. citizen selling military technology for cryptocurrency…a new but certainly expected frontier. As for the receiving nation…I was just having fun with our friendly Soviet leftover.
 
Griz882 said:
I understand, I just can’t recall another case (open to public discourse) of a U.S. citizen selling military technology for cryptocurrency…a new but certainly expected frontier. As for the receiving nation…I was just having fun with our friendly Soviet leftover.
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When was the last big spy case? Probably predates the invention of cryptocurrency.
 
Reading Milt Bearden’s ‘The Main Enemy’ right now. Great read for those of you that like this sort of thing.
 
Seems you all forgot about this guy. Very much during the days of crypto.

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U.S. Naval Flight Officer Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Giving U.S. Secrets to China - USNI News

A U.S. naval flight officer with an extensive signals intelligence background was accused by the service of passing secrets to China, USNI News has learned. Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, 39, who served on some of the Navy’s most sensitive intelligence gathering aircraft, faces several counts of...
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Or does he not classify as a "big catch"?
 
LFDtoUSMC said:
Seems you all forgot about this guy. Very much during the days of crypto.

news.usni.org

U.S. Naval Flight Officer Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Giving U.S. Secrets to China - USNI News

A U.S. naval flight officer with an extensive signals intelligence background was accused by the service of passing secrets to China, USNI News has learned. Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, 39, who served on some of the Navy’s most sensitive intelligence gathering aircraft, faces several counts of...
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Or does he not classify as a "big catch"?
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Officially pled to "mishandling" classified material, his sentences was extremely light compared to the others.
 
LFDtoUSMC said:
Seems you all forgot about this guy. Very much during the days of crypto.

news.usni.org

U.S. Naval Flight Officer Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Giving U.S. Secrets to China - USNI News

A U.S. naval flight officer with an extensive signals intelligence background was accused by the service of passing secrets to China, USNI News has learned. Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, 39, who served on some of the Navy’s most sensitive intelligence gathering aircraft, faces several counts of...
news.usni.org news.usni.org

Or does he not classify as a "big catch"?
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Didn't forget. Not exactly high profile case, nor was there a significant disclosure, AFAIK.
 
With the couple mentioned in the initial story they never got anything out, the intel guys picked it up right away and then got more to secure the case.
 
Griz882 said:
With the couple mentioned in the initial story they never got anything out, the intel guys picked it up right away and then got more to secure the case.
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I read that they did pass some info to the foreign country, who then alerted the FBI, 8 months later. Unclear exactly what was initially passed.
 
Griz882 said:
With the couple mentioned in the initial story they never got anything out, the intel guys picked it up right away and then got more to secure the case.
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The interesting part to me was the fact that somehow there was a signal / display at the embassy that confirmed that there were in contact with them, although they were not.
 
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