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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Retired U.S. Navy Specialist Found Guilty Of Attempted Spying For Russia

Robert Patrick Hoffman IIA retired U.S. Navy submarine specialist has been found guilty of attempted espionage for Russia.

A federal jury in the state of Virginia found Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, guilty on August 21 of providing classified information to individuals whom he believed were Russian handlers.

The handlers were actually FBI operatives.

The local "Virginian-Pilot" newspaper reports that jurors took just 90 minutes to reach a unanimous verdict and reject Hoffman's defense that he was actually trying to lure the would-be Russian agents into a trap.

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