Criptólogo de la USNAVY arrestado por intentar espiar para Rusia

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El técnico en criptología de la US NAVY, Patrick Hoofman ha sido arrestado por intento de espionaje a favor de Rusia, según anunciaron las autoridades Estadounidenses...

... el señor Hoffman trabajó durante 20 años como técnico en criptología en los submarinos de la USNAVY y quedó bajo sospecha tras pasar 3 semanas en Bielorrusia durante las que se entrevistó con el Presidente del país, Aleksander Lukashenko, algo bastante sospechoso.

En Septiembre del 2012 el FBI le preparó una encerrona y Hoffman cayó en ella siendo detenido por el intento de espionaje a favor de Rusia al pretender suministrar información altamente clasificada sobre detectar submarinos de la USNAVY y cómo estos detectan a los submarinos enemigos...

US Navy Submariner Convicted of Attempting to Spy for RussiaWASHINGTON, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – A former US Navy petty officer could be jailed for life after being convicted of attempted espionage for trying to pass classified information to people he thought worked for Russia, but were really US investigators.
A federal jury in Virginia took just 90 minutes on Wednesday to find Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, guilty.
Prosecutors said Hoffman, who spent most of his 20 years in the Navy working on submarines as a cryptologic technician, and had top secret security clearance, last year gave classified information about how to track US submarines and how the United States tracks foreign warships, to people he believed were Russian operatives.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating Hoffman last year after learning that he spent three weeks in Belarus in 2011 and met President Alexander Lukashenko, wrote a reporter for the Virginian-Pilot, who covered the case.
In September last year, the FBI sent Hoffman a letter, which purported to be an offer from Russian government agents in Moscow who offered him "generous compensation" in exchange for technical information.
Assistant US Attorney Alan Salsbury said Hoffman made three “drops” at a state park in Virginia after receiving the letter. One of the drops contained a flash drive with copies of documents, some marked “top secret,” that showed how to track American submarines and how the United States tracks foreign warships.

... la noticia al completo en en.rian.ru