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UK navy man tried to sell nuclear secrets to Russia

Nuclear submariner tried to pass secrets to Russians to ‘hurt’ Royal Navy A disillusioned Royal Navy submariner betrayed his country by trying to pass nuclear sub secrets to Russian agents because he wanted to “hurt” the Navy. Telegraph UK,  By Tom Whitehead,   12 Dec 2012
Petty Officer Edward Devenney was jailed for eight years yesterday for breaching the official secrets act after being caught in an elaborate MI5 sting operation.
He spent three months in contact with men who he thought were two
Russian spies but were actually British agents, the Old Bailey heard.
He continued with his plan, done in revenge for not being promoted,
despite having suspicions and even told one: “Your accent sounds
remarkably fake, like British intelligence”.
A communications engineer, he offered highly sensitive details of the
movements of nuclear submarines and of a previous secret operation.
He also photographed top secret code information that could have
caused “substantial damage to the security of the UK”……. By Tom
Whitehead, Security Editor5:15PM GMT 12 Dec 2012
Petty Officer Edward Devenney was jailed for eight years yesterday for
breaching the official secrets act after being caught in an elaborate
MI5 sting operation.
He spent three months in contact with men who he thought were two
Russian spies but were actually British agents, the Old Bailey heard.
He continued with his plan, done in revenge for not being promoted,
despite having suspicions and even told one: “Your accent sounds
remarkably fake, like British intelligence”.
A communications engineer, he offered highly sensitive details of the
movements of nuclear submarines and of a previous secret operation.
He also photographed top secret code information that could have
caused “substantial damage to the security of the UK”.

December 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK