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Former Army pilot admits selling classified aviation secrets to China
https://www.washingtontimes.com ^ | June 24, 2022 | Mike Glenn

Posted on 06/24/2022 10:54:39 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

A former Army helicopter pilot has pleaded guilty to taking thousands of dollars from China to hand over aviation-related information from his work as a defense contractor.

In addition to acting as an unregistered agent for Beijing, Shapour Moinian, 67, also pleaded guilty in federal court this week to making false statements during his national security background checks, according to the Justice Department.

“This is another example of how the Chinese government enhances its defense capabilities through the illicit exploitation of U.S. technology,” Stacey Foy, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Diego office, said in a statement.

Moinian served in the U.S. Army from 1977 through 2000 and later worked for several civilian defense contractors and the Department of Defense.

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KEYWORDS: ccp; espionage; shapourmoinian
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1 posted on 06/24/2022 10:54:39 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Sell your fellow citizens into slavery and slaughter.

Hang him.


2 posted on 06/24/2022 10:56:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: RomanSoldier19

When do we revert to old school methods of dealing with traitors?


3 posted on 06/24/2022 10:56:47 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: RomanSoldier19

He must have tried to short change “the Big Guy” on his customary 10% and got caught.


4 posted on 06/24/2022 10:57:07 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Send him up in a chopper, to about 10,000 feet; then throw his treasonous ass out the door - hopefully over the bare granite slope of a mountain.


5 posted on 06/24/2022 10:57:18 AM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: RomanSoldier19

With that surname, you know he is a good George W Bush American.


6 posted on 06/24/2022 10:58:24 AM PDT by odawg ( )
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When does Biden give him a medal of freedom?


7 posted on 06/24/2022 10:58:31 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

It’s going to get even worse with all the demented libtards in the military 🤪


8 posted on 06/24/2022 10:59:43 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it g)
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To: blueunicorn6

Twice for good measure.


9 posted on 06/24/2022 10:59:47 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Assemble the firing squad!


10 posted on 06/24/2022 11:00:10 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("hold my phone; I'm from Alaska")
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Shapour Moinian, 67

Not exactly one of the more common US names. Wonder if he was a Chinese plant?

Of course, this sort of industrial espionage is just considered cutting edge research by the Red Chinese.

11 posted on 06/24/2022 11:01:53 AM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

It’s amazing just how cheaply these scum sell themselves and the country out. Secrets worth millions and they take a few thousands.


12 posted on 06/24/2022 11:01:59 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Treason.


13 posted on 06/24/2022 11:03:42 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: blueunicorn6
Sell your fellow citizens into slavery and slaughter.

Hang him.

And since he was a helicopter pilot...


14 posted on 06/24/2022 11:05:12 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Do a search on Thousand Talents (or 1,000 Talents) and arrested charged. Lots of people selling themselves to China on the cheap. Some less cheap than others.


15 posted on 06/24/2022 11:05:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Will88

The only person with that surname I could find origin on is some real estate guy who was born a Persian Jew.
All other sources provide no origin of said surname.
It must not be common.


16 posted on 06/24/2022 11:08:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: RomanSoldier19

Shapour Moinian: شاپور (Persian) Meaning & History Means “son of the king” in Persian. Iranian origin


17 posted on 06/24/2022 11:09:32 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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blueunicorn6: Sell your fellow citizens into slavery and slaughter.
Hang him.

And leave his carcass to rot off the noose.

18 posted on 06/24/2022 11:10:56 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: RomanSoldier19

He sold his nation out for 30k


19 posted on 06/24/2022 11:14:23 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: RomanSoldier19

Diversity has consequences.

Making Diversity your national religion also has consequences.


20 posted on 06/24/2022 11:17:06 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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