MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, Feb. 10/11, 2012
MOSCOW — An engineer at a Russian space facility primarily used for military rocket launchings and ballistic missile research was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday for passing on classified military information to the C.I.A., according to Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the F.S.B.
A curt statement posted on the agency’s Web site identified the engineer as Vladimir V. Nesterets, a lieutenant colonel who worked at the Plesetsk space center, a military installation in the northwest of the country close to the port city of Archangelsk.
In a closed-door trial at a military court, Mr. Nesterets pleaded guilty to “delivering classified information about tests relating to Russia’s newest strategic military rocket complexes to the C.I.A. in the United States,” the statement said, adding that he received financial compensation for his services [....]
My comment: Yes, I know, it's a couple days old, but I believe the story didn't receive enough attention.
Comments
Hey, our space program needs all the help they can get.
by Donal on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 6:43pm
But it had to come out of the CIA's budget; that's not playing fair!
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 8:45pm