But you neglected to mention that he was giving US encryption secrets to a foreign country, not just information about the nuclear site, enabling a foreign country to decrypt coded messages that may or may not have been top secret. At any rate, I think that the real question is "why are some spies given lighter sentences?" rather than why his is so harsh. I think that, in general, spies are treated far less severely than ever before - treason used to be punishable by death.
Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:53 PM Subject: Re: o .. m .. g > A spy for a friendly country retrieving information held back against treaty is >still a spy. But why is he still in the hardest jail around for 17 years when real spys for enemy countries get out in less than 5? > > > A spy is a spy, good intentions aside. He deserved to go to jail... > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
