They were amateurs with gum wrappers and peanut butter. And they nearly sold US military secrets.
“This is not a hoax.”
The claim was among the most tantalizing elements of a proposal allegedly proffered by a Navy engineer looking to cash in on the sale of secret design data for sophisticated nuclear-powered submarines in the U.S. fleet.
In virtually every respect, the offer was extraordinary as was the intelligence risk to the U.S.