Navy Engineer Sold Nuclear Submarine Secrets To Foreign Country Using Peanut Butter Sandwiches

A Navy engineer and his wife were sentenced to more than 19 years and nearly 22 years in prison, respectively, for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a foreign government. Jonathan Toebbe, a nuclear engineer for the US Navy, hid a small SD card carrying US secrets in West Virginia and was arrested after a tantalizing, spy-novel-like plot. They were hidden in peculiar places. These hiding spots included Band-Aid wrappers, gum wrappers, …

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