Estonian convicted of treason in spy case (Herman Simm)

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An Estonian court has convicted a former top security official of treason for passing on 
classified information to a foreign power.

Herman Simm was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison in a trial that was kept secret until the verdict was 
announced Wednesday.
The 61-year-old is the former head of security at the Estonian Defense Ministry."
--clip--

More at
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmpPphChrTiGUy_eUfRIbgPTNa5wD96IHII81

Background:
'Case Simm: Russian spy in Nato could have passed on missile defence and cyber-war secrets'
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2009-January/019446.html

Juha-Matti

_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.