Defense contractor arrested on spy charges involving satellites

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WMR : "Hillary skates but defense contractor arrested for spying for the Russians.
Comey and Hillary want a return to the Cold War".

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Defense contractor arrested on spy charges involving satellites
Associated Press Published: July 8, 2016
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/defense-contractor-arrested-on-spy-charges-involving-satellites-1.418252

  "LOS ANGELES — A California man charged with allegedly attempting to
   sell sensitive information used in military and commercial satellites
   to the Russians was ordered jailed without bail Friday.
   
   Gregory Allen Justice of Culver City was arrested Thursday by FBI
   agents.
   
   Authorities say the 49-year-old engineer, who worked for a Los Angeles
   defense contractor, provided proprietary software technology and other
   information to an FBI agent he thought was a Russian spy.
   
   He was charged with economic espionage and violating the U.S. Arms
   Export Control Act.
   
   "Mr. Justice allegedly placed his own interests of greed over our
   national security by providing information on sensitive U.S.
   technologies to a person whom he believed was a foreign agent,"
   Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin said in a statement Friday.
   "In the wrong hands, this information could be used to harm the United
   States and its allies."
   
   An attorney for Justice could not immediately be located, and his phone
   number has been disconnected.
   
   According to court documents, Justice was paid between $500 and $1,000
   during each of several meetings he had with the undercover agent
   earlier this year.
   
   The agent said Justice explained he needed the money to provide medical
   care for his seriously ill wife, although some of it appeared to have
   been given to another woman. Her relationship with Justice wasn't
   explained.
   
   According to the court documents, Justice had been employed by the
   unnamed defense contractor since 2000, and he had most recently been
   working on military and commercial satellites.
   
   Authorities said he stole proprietary trade secrets from his employer
   and passed them on to the undercover agent he believed worked for a
   Russian intelligence agency. They say he also provided documents
   containing technical data that under federal law are tightly restricted
   for export.
   
   If convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison on the espionage
   charge and 20 years on the Arms Export Control Act violation charge.

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Oh, Wow !  Sounds like they made a Sequel - to "The Falcon and the Snowman".

>>> According to the court documents, Justice had been employed by the unnamed defense contractor since 2000, and he had most recently been working on military and commercial satellites.

Sounds like TRW-Northrop Grumman to me.

NGC bought TRW around 2002.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/business/northrop-to-buy-trw-for-7.8-billion.html

TRW had just bought an auto parts supplier for $6 Billion.

There was an earlier incident, the one they made the movie about.

For those who are interested in the history of the organization, I also suggest doing a web-search for "Nira Schwartz".  She was a whistleblower, who observed Fraud  at TRW on Missile Defense programs in the mid-90's.  Boy, did they go after her.

One of the interesting things about that facility is the EMI test facility.  It is literally larger than a football field.

For those who are interested in EMP, a more spectacular form of EMI ... there's an App for that !  :-)

Not that EMP can always (or ever) be completely stopped.  That doesn't start companies like TRW and NGC from charging the government BIG BUCK$ for doing related testing.


The management structure at TRW/NGC is a lot like Harry Potter's Aunt Petunia.

"Don't Ask Questions".