Caught in a sting: Royal Navy officer who tried to pass submarine secrets to Russian spies

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/edward-devenney-royal-navy-officer-1434675

By Steve Myall
Mirror.co.uk
14 Nov 2012

A Royal Navy officer tried to pass nuclear submarine secrets to the 
Russians because he wanted to "hurt the Navy," a court heard yesterday.

Petty Officer Edward Devenney, 30, tried to contact the spies when he 
was due to serve on HMS Vigilant -- a submarine which carries Trident 
nuclear missiles.

He had previously been on hunter-submarine HMS Trafalgar and offered to 
supply details of the crafts’ movements, previous missions and secret 
codes.

But unknown to Devenney, who has been in the Royal Navy for 11 and a 
half years, he had been talking to MI5 agents posing as their Russian 
counterparts.

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