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Navy engineer gets 11 years for attempted espionage

SpottedCow

"At a later date, Awwad had travelled to a pre-arranged dead drop site hidden by "a secluded hiking trail" where he retrieved $3,000 from a concealed container disguised in a hole in the ground."

Seriously? Three grand?

You can't even buy a very good used motorcar for treason these days, it seems. Doesn't sound like much of a payoff when the alternative price is twenty years at Leavenworth.

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