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Nuclear engineer, wife who tried to sell Navy secrets in peanut butter sandwich sentenced for espionage

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former Navy nuclear engineer and his wife, who were accused of trying to sell military secrets using a peanut butter sandwich, found out how long they will spend in pri…
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former Navy nuclear engineer and his wife, who were accused of trying to sell military secrets using a peanut butter sandwich, found out how long they will spend in prison Wednesday.

A judge sentenced Jonathan Toebbe, 44, of Annapolis to 19 years and 4 months. He also ordered Toebbe to pay a fine of $47,500.

His wife, Diana Toebbe, 46, received a longer sentence: 21 years and 10 months. The judge ordered her to pay $50,000.

Federal investigators said the Toebbes tried to sell restricted data related to the design of of nuclear-powered Navy ships.

Both pleaded guilty to the conspiracy in February 2022.
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Investigators said they arrested Toebbe on Oct. 9, 2021, after he put an SD card at a pre-arranged “dead drop” in West Virginia. At the time of his arrest, Toebbe was assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, also known as Naval Reactors. He had an active national security clearance through the Department of Defense, which gave him access to “restricted data” which has to do with design, manufacture or use of atomic weapons, or production of Special Nuclear Material (SNM), or use of SNM in the production of energy. Toebbe worked with and had access to information concerning naval nuclear propulsion including information related to military sensitive design elements, operating parameters and performance characteristics of the reactors for nuclear powered warships.

Diana Toebbe was arrested the same day. Investigators said she helped her husband to communicate restricted data to a foreign nation and that she served as a lookout while her husband serviced three “dead-drops.”
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In August 2022, the court rejected plea agreements into which the prosecution entered with the Toebbes
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. At that time, Judge Gina Groh said, in part, “You compromised national defense, threatened critical military advantages, and years of research and development. You put the lives of 25,000 nuclear submarine sailors at risk, betrayed the trust that our Navy and nation placed in you. You did not act in the best interest of the United States.”

“If not for the remarkable efforts of FBI agents, the sensitive data stolen by Mr. Toebbe could have ended up in the hands of an adversary of the United States and put the safety of our military and our nation at risk,” said U.S. William Attorney Ihlenfeld in a news release, issued the day of the sentencing. “The FBI keeps American citizens safe from enemies both foreign and domestic and this case is an excellent reminder of their important work.”
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Idk how i feel about this. At the beginning i supported her, but at the end, im giving both parties the side eye.

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'14-hour days with no break and no bathroom': Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued by his former housekeeper

Among the allegations made by Mercedes Wedaa is that she sometimes had to climb out of a laundry room to access a bathroom.
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A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos alleges she and other employees were made to work in unsafe and unsanitary conditions - including having to climb out of a laundry room window to access a bathroom.

Mercedes Wedaa is suing Mr Bezos and two companies that allegedly manage his properties in a lawsuit filed in Seattle this week.

She was hired in 2019 for a housekeeping role that required her to "work around a family without being seen", according to the complaint.

Some of her shifts were as long as 14 hours without breaks, during which time there was "no reasonably accessible bathroom for the housekeepers", the lawsuit alleges.
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When the Bezos family was at home, the housekeepers were only allowed to enter the house to clean, meaning they could not use the laundry door to access a bathroom directly, as it led only to the residence.

Instead, they would sometimes have to climb out of the laundry room window onto a path that led to a mechanical room and downstairs to a bathroom, a situation that was in place for around 18 months, Ms Wedaa claims.

The complaint said that - due to the lack of easily accessible bathrooms - she and other housekeepers spent large parts of their day unable to use the toilet, resulting in frequent urinary tract infections.
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Among Ms Wedaa's other claims were:

• There was no room for the housekeepers to rest
• Housekeepers sometimes ate their meals in a laundry room
• The Hispanic employees faced discrimination because of their race
• She complained to bosses about undocumented workers being brought in on a contract basis, lack of rest breaks and unsafe working conditions
• As a result of her complaints she was demoted, despite never having been disciplined over job performance
• She was wrongfully dismissed, told that she appeared "unhappy" and this was having a negative effect on the team

Ms Wedaa is seeking damages in an amount to be decided at trial.
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Mr Bezos's lawyer Harry Korrell said Ms Wedaa's claims were absurd, adding that she had filed the lawsuit only after her demand for a $9m (£8m) payout was refused.

He added: "Ms Wedaa made over six figures annually and was the lead housekeeper.

"She was responsible for her own break and meal times, and there were several bathrooms and breakrooms available to her and other staff.

"The evidence will show that Ms Wedaa was terminated for performance reasons."

Ms Wedaa's lawyer Patrick McGuigan said his client had "worked hard all her life, she is a very credible person and compelling evidence supports her claims".
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That whole RIP random people shit just comes off as corny and "hey look at me" without any context and I expect better from chicity. If there's a bigger point that I'm missing I'm more than happy to learn what it is.

But you're looking very "hey get him!" with the little side commentary.
 
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