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Looks like there was no informant. He contacted the French Embassy on his own and after that, the French government cooperated with the FBI. Prediction: he'll
by pseingatl 5y ago
Looks like there was no informant. He contacted the French Embassy on his own and after that, the French government cooperated with the FBI.
Prediction: he'll take a plea. In mitigation, France is an ally. Aggravation: these are nuclear secrets. France will not come to his aid, as Israel did for Pollard for many years, unsuccessfully. Fortunately, there was no real harm. 20 years unless he gets a particularly harsh judge. Worst case: 40.
- dhx 5y agoIf he's willing to sell the information to France, France would rightly be concerned that he'd be willing to also sell the information to countries France isn't friendly with. Even if France didn't care about the information being shared elsewhere, they would still likely care about potentially breaching the classified information treaty they signed with the USA back in 1977[1]. When France received the information, they may have assumed it was a test from the USA to see if France was still upholding their treaty obligations to report unauthorised distribution of US classified information? [1] https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201114/volume-1114-I-17238-English.pdf https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201114/v...