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This is TDS to the nth level. These two fine specimens were just sentenced for trying to sell American submarine data because they hated Trump, and were hoping to flee the US because of their contempt for him.
"Jonathan Toebbe was a naval nuclear scientist. His wife, Diana, worked as a teacher at a private school. But in the end, they were caught in a high-stakes game of espionage that the Justice Department says the Toebbes initiated and carried out until the FBI brought it all to an end....
...It was a life much different from their quiet life in suburban Annapolis, Maryland, with their two children. But that was before Jonathan Toebbe stole thousands of pages of restricted information for more than a year, then reached out to the Brazilian government, offering to sell the high-level data about the U.S. nuclear submarine program. Luckily, the Brazilian government tipped off the FBI, rather than use the information against the U.S....
...Diana Toebbe’s attorney said at a December hearing that the couple were hoping to flee the U.S. due to their contempt for then-President Donald Trump. Following a search of the couple’s home, FBI agents reported finding shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, passports and a “go bag” that included a USB flash drive.
Prior to sentencing, Jonathan Toebbe spoke of his own struggles with managing stress and alcohol usage.
“I believed that my family was in dire threat, that democracy itself was under collapse,” he said."
Maryland couple sentenced in submarine secrets case
"Jonathan Toebbe was a naval nuclear scientist. His wife, Diana, worked as a teacher at a private school. But in the end, they were caught in a high-stakes game of espionage that the Justice Department says the Toebbes initiated and carried out until the FBI brought it all to an end....
...It was a life much different from their quiet life in suburban Annapolis, Maryland, with their two children. But that was before Jonathan Toebbe stole thousands of pages of restricted information for more than a year, then reached out to the Brazilian government, offering to sell the high-level data about the U.S. nuclear submarine program. Luckily, the Brazilian government tipped off the FBI, rather than use the information against the U.S....
...Diana Toebbe’s attorney said at a December hearing that the couple were hoping to flee the U.S. due to their contempt for then-President Donald Trump. Following a search of the couple’s home, FBI agents reported finding shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, passports and a “go bag” that included a USB flash drive.
Prior to sentencing, Jonathan Toebbe spoke of his own struggles with managing stress and alcohol usage.
“I believed that my family was in dire threat, that democracy itself was under collapse,” he said."
Maryland couple sentenced in submarine secrets case
