Planetary Scientist Admits Attempted Espionage

摘要

Stewart Nozette, a one-time principal investigator for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, admitted 7 September that he had tried to sell classified materials to an FBI employee posing as an Israeli intelligence agent.rnNozette was already in trouble with the law when he fell for the FBI sting. In January 2009, Nozette pled guilty to overtoiling the government by $265,000 on government contracts awarded to a technology company he ran. While he awaited sentencing, Nozette met with the supposed Israeli agent in October 2009, having received $ 11,000 in return for passing on classified materials about U.S.