>Whether they knew before shouldn't matter. But it does matter. The prosecution isn't just to get a conviction and enforce the law, it's intended to advance na

>Whether they knew before shouldn't matter. But it does matter. The prosecution isn't just to get a conviction and enforce the law, it's intended to advance national security. If embarrassing details come out and harm it, the prosecutors would rather not have a trial. It's quite possible to imagine various embarrassing details that might come out and are compatible with the story as reported - from possible spying on COUNTRY1's embassy, to how exactly did this engineer smuggle these secret documents to his house.