http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12951005 By Minna Sugimoto HawaiiNewsNow Aug 09, 2010 HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Maui man faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after a federal jury on Monday found him guilty of selling US military secrets to China. Jurors convicted former B-2 stealth bomber engineer Noshir Gowadia on 14 counts, including conspiracy and violating the Arms Export Control Act. The defendant had no obvious reaction as the verdicts were read. But his attorneys say Gowadia was disappointed because he went into the courtroom confident that he was going to be acquitted of all charges. After months of complex expert testimony and six grueling days of deliberations, a panel of eight men and four women decided Noshir Gowadia did supply top secret weapons data to China, putting America's security at risk. "He has communicated vulnerability information on our nation's most important strategic asset, the B-2 bomber," Ken Sorenson, Assistant US Attorney, said. "The B-2 bomber is a mainstay of our nation's defense. Communicating lock-on range information against a short-range, air-to-air missile is not a helpful thing." [...] -- Visit InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/Received on Mon Aug 09 2010 - 23:14:15 PDT
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