..........Jasin said in his appeal that he believed his actions were legal because he'd been assured they had been approved by officials in Washington. The judge in the case, who could have sentenced him to five years, reduced the sentence to two years. "I still love my country," Jasin told reporters at his 1998 sentencing. "But I'm afraid of my government." Well, maybe not too afraid. Unclear how Jasin got hired by NASA -- apparently even before the federal prosecutors had dismissed his indictment. Word is NASA never checked with federal prosecutors. Asked about these matters, NASA spokeswoman Dolores Beasley...