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US Navy engineer and wife indicted for attempting to sell nuclear submarine secrets
Fox News ^ | 19 OCT 2021 | Michael Lee

Posted on 10/19/2021 6:21:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Maryland couple accused of attempting to pass secret Navy secrets to a foreign government were indicted by a Grand Jury Tuesday on national security charges.

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe are both charged with one count of "Conspiracy to Communicate Restricted Data" and two counts of "Communication of Restricted Data," according to a Department of Justice press release Tuesday.

According to the release, 42-year-old Jonathan Toebbe sold "Restricted Data" concerning the design of nuclear-powered waships for almost a year with the help of his 45-year-old wife, Diana Toebbe. The couple sold the data to someone they thought was a representative of a foreign government, but who was an undercover FBI agent.

Jonathan Toebbe worked for the Department of the Navy as a nuclear engineer and held an active national security clearance, giving him access to the restricted data.

The indictment comes after Toebbe was arrested last week in West Virginia after placing a removable memory card at a prearranged "dead drop," the Justice Department said.

The FBI said the couple's scheme began in April 2020, when Toebbe sent a package with Navy documents to a foreign government and signaled his interest in selling the country sensitive information. He also provided instructions on how to arrange the secret exchange in a letter to the foreign government.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; dianatoebbe; jonathantoebbe; maryland
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How dare they!

Who do they think they are?

Bill and Hillary Clinton?

1 posted on 10/19/2021 6:21:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Give them a fair trial with a vigorous defense, then execute them on Juneteenth, just like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg


2 posted on 10/19/2021 6:26:09 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey, if Hunter Biden can why not them?


3 posted on 10/19/2021 6:26:52 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Treat them like Jules and his wife


4 posted on 10/19/2021 6:28:43 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They try to cut Brandon out of the action?


5 posted on 10/19/2021 6:28:51 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Older woman gonna get you in trouble every time! ;)


6 posted on 10/19/2021 6:28:53 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Fai Mao

Does Jon paint?


7 posted on 10/19/2021 6:29:14 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

8 posted on 10/19/2021 6:29:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Nifster

Hook them to the full output of a reactor.


9 posted on 10/19/2021 6:30:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am all for his and hers firing squads

Not joking

We dont do the proper thing to traitorous spies anymore though


10 posted on 10/19/2021 6:30:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am always amused by this. Try going around saying you want to sell some weapons grade Plutonium. About 95% of the buyers in the market are intelligence agents who want you dead, after they get the plutonium, IF you actually have any, which you almost certainly don’t because you would realize quickly that you don’t want to be in the same county as someone who has illicit plutonium.


11 posted on 10/19/2021 6:32:26 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Been posted MANY times previously.


12 posted on 10/19/2021 6:39:51 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: wally_bert

Cuff em to the deck and submerge.


13 posted on 10/19/2021 6:53:01 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Actual Fakebook profile pic of Diana.

14 posted on 10/19/2021 7:00:27 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: AndyJackson
a review of what appeared to be the Toebbes' social media accounts revealed Diana Toebbe had several Facebook and Twitter posts voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, along with anti-Trump posts.

And there you have it.

15 posted on 10/19/2021 7:02:28 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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So that is reason enough to be stupid and sell classified information to the free market for classified information, which seems mostly to be composed of US counterintelligence agents seeking to lure in would be sellers.

When does the entrapment defense come, although the one thing you can't defend is removing classified info from an authorized location and moving it to an unauthorized location.

16 posted on 10/19/2021 7:06:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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There are very strict rules for handling classified info. None of which include the freedom to share anything outside your office, let alone foreigners.


17 posted on 10/19/2021 7:21:45 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The vast majority of people living in the DC metro (Md, Northern VA, and Eastern WV) are Leftists first — above and beyond any thought of loyalty to country. This is hardly surprising. It is so concentrated that government employees and contractors will receive reinforcement for disloyalty...as long as the disloyalty supports the leftist agenda.

It is beyond time to close down the DC metro area as the seat of government and distribute the government functions all over the country.


18 posted on 10/19/2021 7:27:53 PM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Yes, but FBI agents have clearances so you haven’t actually disclosed classified information to a person not authorized to receive it. In fact, the FBI agent is authorized to try to pay for it.


19 posted on 10/19/2021 7:45:30 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nothing to say about these traitors, but I feel immense sadness for their children. What an awful burden for a child to carry.


20 posted on 10/19/2021 7:47:26 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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