Posted on 03/16/2022 5:47:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Disgraced naval engineer Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana, had tried to sell U.S. nuclear secrets to Brazil in 2020
The identity of the nation the couple had tried to sell classified information had been previously concealed by federal officials
Analysts allege Brazil was an 'odd choice' given how close the nations were after Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro strengthened the nations' alliance
The Toebbes allegedly selected Brazil because they thought the nation would be interested in the technology and could afford their prices
They also thought the nation wasn't 'overly hostile' towards the U.S., noting that selling secrets to adversaries, like Russia or China, was immoral
Toebbe pleaded guilty to conspiring to pass classified information to a foreign government, causing 'injury to the United States'
Diana still denies the charges against the couple and has pleaded not guilty
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A disgraced Navy nuclear engineer and his wife facing a combined 20 years in prison for to trying to sell secrets about American nuclear-powered warships approached Brazil with the classified information, it has been revealed.
Jonathan Toebbe, 43, and his Trump-hating teacher wife, Diana, were arrested last October after prosecutors said he approached a foreign government in an attempt to provide the nation with thousands of pages of stolen classified documents about the nuclear reactors that power the U.S. submarine fleet.
The identity of the foreign power had been concealed by federal prosecutors. It was widely speculated to have been France after investigators revealed the Toebbes had contacted a friendly foreign power, rather than an adversary.
However, a senior Brazilian official and others familiar with the investigation have since confirmed Toebbe approached their government during April 2020, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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If their last name was Clinton, this would be no problem.
Let him burn.
Never let your “Trump-hating teacher wife” do your thinking for you.
(American nuclear-powered warships)
Are Walker and son still in prison, hopefully?
Stupid, Brazil has to be a stooge for China. Why would Brazil need a submarine?
News or FBI doesn’t mention the real buyer.
Remember folks, don’t be greedy! When selling national secrets always offer a 10% gratuity to the big guy.
This isn’t fair. China has been allowed to steal our secrets unimpeded for decades, so how come this guy can’t do it?
Oh, he must not have given a “donation” to the Clinton Foundation.
As soon as I saw “The FBI” in the headline, I added a few grains of salt to the story.
My guess it the Toebbes will end pleading Guilty and the FBI skates once again.
The highest and best use for such information to Brazil would be to resell it to China or Russia. This is clearly not even close to a no-harm-no-foul situation.
What a pair
Hey dude your oath is supposed to mean something
If their last name was Clinton, this would be no problem.
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If her last name was Clinton, you could give away half our Uranium and there would be no problem
Brazil ?? This guy’s wife hates Trump but is willing to sell out the country to BRAZL, whose leader is Bolsanaro...
What would Brazil do with the information had they taken it.
Bidens do this on a daily basis but that’s ok
Both of them should be executed for treason.
“Jonathan Toebbe, 43, and his Trump-hating teacher wife, Diana,”
...coulda just said “teacher wife” and I would have figured out the rest.
Maybe we should ban anti-Americans from our military.
Brazil has a long running public project to build its own nuclear submarines. Treason McTreason-Face must have figured that the info he could provide could cut years and billions off Brazil’s sub project so they would quietly pay up.
Brazil could have paid up and pocketed the info and hope the US didn’t find out but instead elected to let the US know.
See comment 18. Brazil has a indigenous nuclear submarine project. The info could have cut years and billions off the project.
Hang them.
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