The money was apparently to be used to pay off debts which had prevented the engineer from obtaining toplevel security clearance. The loss of that strategic Stealth technology to the Soviets would undoubtedly have caused irreparable damage to U.S. security. Another case involved a naturalized U.S. citizen who had infiltrated U.S. intelligence and allegedly provided classified national security information to the intelligence service of his native Czechoslovakia. The individual had undergone training as an intelligence officer by Czech authorities for several years prior to immigrating to the United States. Yet another case involved an employee of the United States Army. Intelligence and Security Command who allegedly sold classified information on a double agent operation to the Soviets for as little as $11.000.
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