Reply #12: Back in the 1970's two young men [View All]

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named Chris Boyce and Daulton Lee sold classified information to the Russians. Boyce worked in a top secret lab at TRW in Southern California where he engaged in photocopying sensitive documents and smuggling them out of the facility. Lee carried the information to the Russian embassy in Mexico City where he was paid handsomely for the info. He used his share of the money to finance his other business - dealing drugs. The story of how two young men from affluent families in California got involved in espionage was made into a film called The Falcon and The Snowman back in 1985.

Where are these two convicted felons today? Rotting away in maximum security? Sitting on death row?
Nope. Lee was released years ago and went to work for Sean Penn who portrayed him in the movie. After escaping from jail in the early 80's and robbing banks to stay afloat, Boyce was recaptured and spent time in maximum security facilities until his release a couple of years ago.

Based on recent precedent, I'd be very surprised if Noshir Gowadia was treated any more harshly. If convicted he'd certainly do prison time, but dealing in classified information probably wouldn't earn him a death sentence.

By the way, I went to high school in Palos Verdes, CA with Boyce and Lee. It must have been a breeding ground for miscreants as George Allen was a classmate, too.