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South Dakotan sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted espionage
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Mitchell Daily Republic | Mitchell, South Dakota
— A Lead man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for attempting to pass classified U.S. military information to a foreign government.
John Murray Rowe Jr., 67, was sentenced Tuesday to 126 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for attempted espionage.
Rowe pleaded guilty last year to trying to deliver national defense information to a foreign government and to three counts of willfully sharing national defense information.
ADVERTISEMENTFederal prosecutors said Rowe spent nearly 40 years working as a test engineer for defense contractors and held security clearances from secret to top secret.
During sentencing, federal officials said Rowe’s actions were deliberate and endangered national security.
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