A US naval engineer and his wife have been caught trying to smuggle secret US nuclear submarine information abroad. Both of them have admitted their guilt. They pleaded guilty in a West Virginia state court.
The two men pleaded guilty were engineer Jonathan Toe be, 42, and his wife, Diana Toe be, 48, according to the BBC. Jonathan first pleaded guilty last week. Diana later pleaded guilty. Diana could face up to three years in prison. Jonathan could face up to 12 to 17 years in prison.
Diana is a teacher by profession. Prosecutors told the court that Diana was keeping an eye on her husband Jonathan at a designated place for the sale of confidential information. He also once hid an informative 'data card' in a sandwich.
Jonathan, on the other hand, specializes in nuclear submarine systems in the United States. Most recently, he was a member of the country's reserve forces. He has worked in the Navy before. At the time, he was serving in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Virginia
According to investigators, Jonathan had been collecting secret information about nuclear submarines for years. Each time, he would bring a few pages of the document out of the office. Jonathan did this to avoid being caught in the checkpoints there.
But Jonathan made a mistake. He used to have regular contact with one person, thinking that he was working for a foreign government. The man was originally a member of the US Central Intelligence Agency's FBI. Jonathan was caught holding his hand.
In a text message to the FBI official, Jonathan said he had slowly and carefully seized the secret documents. Let no one doubt, he has done the job during office hours.
In another message, Jonathan wrote about his friendship with the FBI officer. He writes that one day, when everything is safe, the two old friends may have a chance to meet in a During this time they will share bottles of drinks and laugh at the stories of misdeeds. Tensions are running high across Europe over the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Washington has claimed that Russia could launch an attack on Ukraine in a few days. In such a situation, Moscow has launched a test launch of various types of missiles. It also includes nuclear-armed missiles. News AFP
Although the crisis began with the deployment of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, it continues to grow. The Western military alliance NATO has also stepped up its military presence in Eastern Europe to deter Russia. Although various diplomatic meetings were held between the various parties, no solution was reached.
A number of pictures were released on a Russian television channel on Saturday, local time. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko are seen sitting in a room in the Kremlin. In front of them, multiple screens showed videos of test launches of hypersonic, cruise and atomic bomb missiles.
According to the Kremlin, all the test-fired missiles hit targets. Apart from launching missiles, exercises have also been conducted with TU-95 bombers and submarines.
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