[NRx]

So the guy wasn’t a spy? If true he should be let out of jail forthwith. On the other hand, if he was a spy, my views are bit harsher than what the law normally allows. As for who he was spying on behalf, my only interest in that would be to know whom to ship the body to.

[knarf]

I confess .. I never knew much about this case except I heard his name connected to "spy" and that he went to jail.

Pretty much sums it up for me and I'm willing to bet ... a whole lot of OTHER people as well

Can/will anyone synopsize for us ?

[Boogieman]

He was a spy, but I guess the distinction is about what information he was after. He wasn’t trying to get information on U.S. weapons or strategies, he was looking for information that we had about other countries’ weapons and strategies. Still espionage, but the main purpose was not intended to harm our country.

As for executing him, that isn’t really done with spies anymore. They are more valuable as bargaining chips, in case one of our spies gets caught, or we need something else from another country. You can’t trade a dead spy for anything.

[Mr. Lucky]

Well said.