As spy trial nears end, U.S. argues retired Air Force master sergeant betrayed nation

Modesto Bee ^ | 2/10/03 | John Salant

[hoosierskypilot]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Government prosecutors, summing up their case against a retired Air Force man suspected of spying, maintained Monday that Brian Patrick Regan "betrayed his country" with a willingness to sell classified information to Iraq, Libya and China. The 40-year-old Regan would have harmed his country for $13 million, the government contended, as Regan's espionage trial wound down in this suburb of the nation's capital.

[UncleSamUSA]

I am still trying to figure out why Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen were not immediately executed in the most gruesome way possible. To betray your country is bad enough, but to have that betrayal lead to the murders and killings of fellow Americans doing their patriotic jobs is the worst form of treason.

They should both have been broiled in oil and made to suffer as much as possible. Their actions were inexcusable and murderous and I hope they both rot in hell whenever they do finally leave this earth.

[mbynack]

I was surprised that some of the previous spies were given such light sentences. If they had been publicly executed it might deter some of these traitors in the future.