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Maryland couple pleads guilty to selling nuclear-related secrets
abcnews.go.com ^ | September 27, 2022, 10:03 AM | Aaron Katersky and Luke Barr

Posted on 09/27/2022 8:10:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe pleaded guilty for a second time on Tuesday to federal charges that they tried to sell secrets about U.S. submarine nuclear propulsion systems to a foreign country.

The couple originally pleaded guilty in February but a judge threw out the plea agreements last month after deciding the sentences called for were too low.

At the time of his plea, Toebbe conceded he sent a package to a foreign government, listing a return address in Pittsburgh that contained a sample of restricted data and instructions for establishing relationship to buy additional restricted data.

Toebbe said he began corresponding with someone he thought was a representative of the foreign government who was really an undercover FBI agent.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: dianatoebbe; ginagroh; jonathantoebbe; maryland; ndwestvirginia; roberttrumble
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1 posted on 09/27/2022 8:10:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Give ‘em the Rosenberg Treatment.


2 posted on 09/27/2022 8:11:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I wish.


3 posted on 09/27/2022 8:18:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin
Who actually wants o buy “nuclear secrets” these days?
All the countries that want nuclear weapons have developed their own. Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea etc etc. Even South Africa developed their own nukes before giving them to the US.
4 posted on 09/27/2022 8:19:17 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: BenLurkin

These people were idiots.

I’ve wondered what happens to their kids.


5 posted on 09/27/2022 8:20:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BenLurkin

They are DEMOCRATS!

That alone makes them traitors.


6 posted on 09/27/2022 8:21:58 PM PDT by boycott
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To: BenLurkin

Here is the plea deal:
You plead innocent, we hang you by the neck.
You plead guilty, we shoot you by firing squad.


7 posted on 09/27/2022 8:27:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BenLurkin

Another instance of the FBI creating a trap ensnaring innocent people to bolster their bonafides as an actual law enforcement agency.


8 posted on 09/27/2022 8:29:01 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Fill your lamps!)
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To: BenLurkin

FBI Foils Democrat Activist Nuclear Spies
https://canadafreepress.com/article/fbi-foils-democrat-activist-nuclear-spies

By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives—October 12, 2021
The Cat That Swallowed The Canary Look’ of Jonathan and Diana Toebbe before being collared for allegedly selling secret information about nuclear submarines to whom they thought was the representative of a foreign power, but was in reality, all along, a savvy undercover FBI agent.

Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in Virginia on Saturday morning on espionage-related charges.

WOOHOO!

“For almost a year, Jonathan Toebbe, 42, aided by his wife, Diana, 45, sold information known as Restricted Data concerning the design of nuclear-powered warships. The Toebbes have been charged in a criminal complaint alleging violations of the Atomic Energy Act Conspiracy and Communication of Restricted Data. ()

Good job, FBI!


9 posted on 09/27/2022 8:32:02 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion, )
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To: boycott

According to the New York Post’s coverage, they “. . . were worried about their finances and were furious when Donald Trump was elected, friends and co-workers said.”


10 posted on 09/27/2022 8:32:39 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hang ‘em with piano wire.


11 posted on 09/27/2022 8:33:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Blurb2350

She posted anti-Trump garbage on social media. It is clear they were Democrats.


12 posted on 09/27/2022 8:34:44 PM PDT by boycott
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To: BenLurkin

They’ll be treated better than the J6 prisoners.


13 posted on 09/27/2022 8:35:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

I didn’t even know that Bill and Hillary were living in Maryland.


14 posted on 09/27/2022 8:54:40 PM PDT by cquiggy
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To: dfwgator

Freak State stopped “permanent payback” years ago.

Crazy coindence that crime has skyrocketed,


15 posted on 09/27/2022 10:48:29 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: boycott

Yah but JANUARY 6TH!!!!

/hypocrite twits


16 posted on 09/27/2022 10:49:27 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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17 posted on 09/27/2022 10:53:14 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: BenLurkin

Did they get the secrets from Maralago?


18 posted on 09/27/2022 11:02:04 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Fry them!


19 posted on 09/27/2022 11:44:05 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: BenLurkin

20 posted on 09/28/2022 12:44:45 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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