Arrest in case of sale of nuclear information

[tom dougherty]

Couple arrested in FBI sting operation. They were attempting to sell Virginia class reactor manuals and Virginia class schematics and plans to a foreign government.
http://https://www.npr.org/2021/10/10/1044883780/nuclear-engineer-navy-and-wife-arrested-espionage-charges

Probably looking at very serious prison time with lots of peanut butter sandwiches to remind them of their crime…

[feet wet]

I would think that a more appropriate sentence, if found guilty of course, would be to assign them to the crew of a deploying boat. I feel sure that both would serve well as practice torpedo rounds, fired from depth, of course.

[tom dougherty]

Here’s the official US indictment and charges in the espionage case. Gives a blow by blow description of how the FBI trapped the two attempting to sell nuclear propulsion technology:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1440946/download