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2006-10-09 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by DepotGuy 2006-10-09 16:21|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Montaperto told investigators he could not remember the specifics of the classified information he passed to Chinese intelligence

Rubbish. Utter horseshit. When you sell your soul, you sure as hell remember why you did it.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-09 19:08|| 2006-10-09 19:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there a really ugly Chinese chick involved or is it only FBI agents who go for that?

Incredible. Giving away intelligence programs now only gets a traitor (even if incredibly stupid) only 3 months. Treason = Drunk driving.

Posted by ed 2006-10-09 19:26|| 2006-10-09 19:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow. The judge is either a completely stupid dupe or a Tranzi bitch.

Wow.

I hate to rely on Hoekstra. He's got a fair share of recurring Tranzi-ish warts, too, and generates no confidence for me.

Posted by .com 2006-10-09 19:32|| 2006-10-09 19:32|| Front Page Top

#4 disgusting all around

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-09 19:42|| 2006-10-09 19:42|| Front Page Top

#5 None of this fits. I wonder if there is a classified side to this trial.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-10-09 21:05|| 2006-10-09 21:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure there was. Often the government will pass on strong punishment if the required trial would expose methods and sources.

But it is pretty disheartening to read the public statements of Henley and McVaden. And what's up with the delay in nailing Montaperto??

Montaperto was first investigated in the late 1980s after a Chinese defector said Beijing considered him one of their "dear friends," or informal supporters of China.

Did they think the defector was spreading disinformation? I remember that under Clinton, meetings with the Chinese were scarcely discouraged. But in 88??

Posted by lotp 2006-10-09 21:19|| 2006-10-09 21:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone care to guess what sentence I would get if I accidentally mentioned a code-word program?

Damn sure longer than 3 months.

This kind of crap (along with Sandy Burglar) really hits Me hard. It's most corrosive to morale and breeds cynicism. It's just when some executive VP gets caught taking a bribe, all of us first- and second-level engineers have to take all these "thou shalt not steal" classes.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-10-09 21:54|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-10-09 21:54|| Front Page Top

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