Navy engineer gets 11 years for attempted espionage

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/16/navy_engineer_attempted_espionage/

By Alexander J Martin
The Register
16 Oct 2015

A civilian US naval engineer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for 
attempted espionage, after passing military technology secrets to an FBI 
undercover agent posing as an Egyptian intelligence officer.

The Register can report that 36-year-old Mostafa Ahmed Awwad "took 
advantage of his position of trust within the Navy to share the schematics 
of the USS Gerald R. Ford nuclear aircraft carrier with individuals whom 
he believed were representing a foreign government," according to 
Assistant Attorney General Carlin.

According to sealed court documents, cited in the Department of Justice 
release, Awwad had met the undercover FBI agent at a hotel and "described 
a detailed plan to circumvent US Navy computer security by installing 
software on his restricted computer system that would enable him to copy 
documents without causing a security alert."

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