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| FBI: Stealth Engineer Sold B2 Bomber Secrets |
| 2005-10-28 |
| An engineer who helped design the B-2 stealth bomber (search) has been arrested and accused of selling U.S. military secrets involving the aircraft to a foreign country, the FBI said. Noshir S. Gowadia, 61, of Haiku was arrested Wednesday. According to the FBI, Gowadia in 2002 faxed a document detailing infrared technology classified top secret by the Air Force to a foreign official. The FBI (search) would not identify the country and did not disclose how much he allegedly received. Gowadia had been an engineer with Northrop Grumman Corp. (search) from 1968 to 1986 and had helped design the radar-evading B-2. He was jailed without bail on a charge of willfully communicating national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. It was not immediately known whether he had a lawyer. According to state records, Gowadia and his wife own an engineering and consulting company. |
| Posted by:anon |
| #30 Kill him. Let his corpse rot, publicly. Seize his estate. Let it rot for 100 years as ill-gotten gains. In three generations auction the property to benefit the country he betrayed. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2005-10-28 23:06 |
| #29 There's a horse in Washington I'd like to introduce him to. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-28 21:30 |
| #28 Probably Zoroastrian |
| Posted by: john 2005-10-28 20:37 |
| #27 Is the name/individual Hindu or Brand X? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-28 15:59 |
| #26 Noshir S. Gowadia, is that a Persian? Sold secrets to Iran? |
| Posted by: Phomotle Ebbagum7629 2005-10-28 14:42 |
| #25 Impale him on a spike while being hung up by a rope lower him an inch an hour |
| Posted by: djohn66 2005-10-28 13:50 |
| #24 1) Permanent solitary confinement subsequent to exhaustive interrogation. 2) No conversation with guards, no television, radio or internet, no recorded music or speech, no white noise sleep promoter or even a ticking alarm clock, no books, pictures or reading material of any sort ... nothing. 3) Acoustically dampened and mechanically padded video monitored cell without daylight exposure, direct ventilation or outside contact of any sort. Bare walls of pastel beige without detail, ornament or features. Indirect artificial lighting of minimum wattage to see. 4) Unvaried bland diet of pureed food containing subsistence levels of fiber, texturized vegetable protein and salt with no other spices or flavorings and hydration quantities only of room temperature water to drink. Continuous uninterrupted silence with ZERO access to any object by which he might take his own life. Let this traitorous turd slowly go mad in total isolation. With his Hawiian estate, this maggot obviously thought he would get away with such treason. He intended to live amongst those he had sold downriver. Although physical torture might be disallowed, the above solitary confinement is a great substitute. I worked on the B-2 project. Our R&D group developed a critical adhesion-promoting coating that was vital to reliable assembly and flight performance of the vehicle's surface skin. The solution was incredibly simple and I have never told a single soul what the actual compound was to this day. It has never occurred to me to sell it to anyone nor would I, even if money was offered. This rectal cavity must be made to endlessly suffer in permanent solitary isolation. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-28 12:45 |
| #23 Gowadia was born in India That was supposed to italicized. I really should start previewing. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-10-28 12:18 |
| #22 I stand corrected. So any bets on who is the odds on favorite to be the recipient: India, Russia, or a third party to be named later? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-10-28 12:17 |
| #21 Let him rearrange the rocks at Shemiya for the rest of his days. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-10-28 12:00 |
| #20 Execute him. Execute him PUBLICALLY! And FORCE all networks to broadcast it LIVE - unedited. With Closeups of him dancing at the end of a rope or riding the lighting. With a chunk of raw bacon strapped to his mouth. (I assume he's muslim). Then feed what's left of him to the pigs or dogs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-10-28 11:52 |
| #19 from the Star Bulletin article Darrell linked to: At a news conference yesterday, FBI Special Agent in Charge Charles Goodwin read from a written statement and declined to answer questions on the investigation. "This is a very sensitive, ongoing investigation," he said. Neither the affidavit nor Goodwin revealed which countries Gowadia allegedly sold secrets to, or whether they were allied or enemy nations. Goodwin did say that Gowadia was born in India and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-10-28 11:49 |
| #18 The story at the link in #14 says "Gowadia was born in India and is a naturalized U.S. citizen". |
| Posted by: Slaving Glomoper6071 2005-10-28 11:48 |
| #17 From the link in #8: In recent years, Gowadia (pictured, right), 61, worked as an independent engineer in defense research. He built a luxury home on the slopes of Mount Haleakala. Agents arrested Gowadia Wednesday, two weeks after federal agents raided his home. I say take this bastard to Alaska immediately. Confiscate his pad and make a soldiers rehab out of it. Then, let's make sure he is seen on TV nightly walking with his ankles chained across the tarmac to his daily questioning. And with his ACLU lawyer chained to him. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-28 11:45 |
| #16 After some Googling, I'm gonna say Noshir Gowadia is from Iran and his photo from post #8 is consistant with that. What country above all is the B2 likely to be used against next? If the Iranians now know the infrared characteristics of the B2's exhaust, could they design a detector tuned for it? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-10-28 11:20 |
| #15 Hello, Mr. Gowandia, is this Mr. Noshir S. Gowandia...? Good good, this is Special Agent Smith from DIS, I'm calling to do your 5 year bring-up. Yes, the bring-up might indeed assist your appeal. Sorry to interupt your chat session sir, oh, you were chatting with your publisher... I am very sorry sir. I know you have been incarcerated at Eglin AFB for over 3 years now and you are about to go cash your social security check and depart for Christmas 2009 furlow, but I must ask you as few questions. I'll skip the traveled abroad portion to save time Mr. Gowandi, during your confinement at Eglin, have you had any contact with.......maybe at the library or snack bar? You have not, good, thank you Mr. Gowandi.... lets move on to section V, shall we.....? No PROBLEM! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-10-28 10:53 |
| #14 Here is a much more comprehensive article: http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/28/news/story01.html |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-10-28 10:50 |
| #13 The combination of an Asian Indian surname and the "limited English" line leave me wondering how this guy got a security clearance. Is this guy even a citizen and, if so, why does he have "limited English" if he started working for Northrop Grumman Corp. -- presumably in the U.S. -- in 1968? And how does he get contracts with "limited English"? Very strange. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-10-28 10:37 |
| #12 I beg to differ. Yes, dispatch him as soon as possible. Why should any citizen have to pay taxes to keep his treacherous greedy A*% alive after he was already essentially paid by us to work on the technology that he then handed out for further profit. Scum and traitor. Arrest, try and convict if possible, suck all possible information out of him, then dispatch him with all possible speed. Let those who think about doing this sort of thing have pause to consider the price for treacherous enterprises. You cannot deter (only remove forever) those driven by ideological motivation but greed is usually tempered with consideration of one's mortality. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-10-28 10:33 |
| #11 Don't execute him. First, wring him dry. Second, life in prison, no parole, the entire time in solitary. He'll get what's coming to him. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-10-28 10:09 |
| #10 Kill the goddamn traitor! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-10-28 10:03 |
| #9 Noshir, Noshir, Noshir Gowadia....??? That name sounds so familiar. Wasn't there a 'Noshir' who fought under J.E.B. at Chancellorsville? No shir, there damn sure wasn't! Maybe it was at the 7-Eleven, my memory fails me? My bad, must have shipped him in with all the other riff raff after the war. Too bad we can't find English speaking aka native American engineers anymore. B-2 bad to see this piece of filth hung next to his wife. Like to hear that "Giant Sucking Sound" as they gasp for that last breath of US air. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-10-28 09:25 |
| #8 Officials said they found proof he's had a lucrative side business, selling stealth secrets to foreign countriesss. Pic/asstard and article 1968 to 1986 Northrup, He also worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and on many other projects..conferences all over, NASA you name it. and His wife helped him. FBI: He wrote in his limited English [WTF?] that he "disclosed classified information. I wanted to help this countries to further their self aircraft protection systems. I knew it was wrong and I did it for the money." example: Performance Characteristics of Nonaxisymmetric Nozzles Installed on an F-18 Propulsion Model where the f*ck are my Rolaids |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-10-28 08:53 |
| #7 Betya its France and not china or Russia he sold the secrets too. not Chinas style if you ask me, not Russia for a mumber of reasons one being that plasma stealth tech they have, France because they have several active stealth programs including a neat stealth UAV and well cos there France and an unofficial eneamy |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-10-28 08:50 |
| #6 watch him wrigle and walk outa this becoming a MSM superstar in the process. |
| Posted by: Shep Uk 2005-10-28 08:47 |
| #5 From Haiku? Here's one for you. Ouch My ass It hurts Because of My cellmate Too many syllables? Who cares. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-10-28 08:33 |
| #4 JUST KILL HIM!!!!Don't care how,although "OLD SPARKY" would be a good thought!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-10-28 08:29 |
| #3 No, go after the guys who gave him a security clearance. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: Angavins Shereck8024 2005-10-28 08:26 |
| #2 Let's torture the shit outta that bastard. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-28 08:21 |
| #1 Let's hope he gets killed in prison. Traitor. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-28 08:19 |