[FPSPACE] Another Spy Trial: Igor Sutyagin - Is it a serious crisis already ?

[Woods, Dave]

Kostya sent me this note.  I think it is something that all of us
researchers should keep in mind if and when we might make 
another trip to Russia to collect information.  Historical stuff
and pure space program subjects are probably safe, but when 
you venture into the area of military systems, be careful.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Constantine Domashnev [SMTP:
> Constantine_Domashnev@pyrrhus.cimds.ri.cmu.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 26, 2000 9:10 PM
> To:	Dave.Woods@lmco.com
> Subject:	Another Spy Trial: Igor Sutyagin - Is it a serious crisis
> already?
> 
> Russian TV News Channel has just report about beginning of yet another
> spy trial. This time, the accused is Igor Sutyagin from the Russia's
> "Institute of US and Canada", an expert on the US Naval strategic 
> doctrine.  He is accused in compiling strategic information on new 
> Russian submarine(s)for the US and UK.
> 
> The name of Igor Sutyagin may be familiar to some of you - he is a
> contributor to comprehensive "Strategic Nuclear Arsenal of Russia", 
> published in 1998.
> 
> The process on Igor Sutyagin is particularly worrisome as Igor Sutyagin
> was not sworn to secrecy and did not have access to classified
> information (unless proven otherwise), therefore he is accused of
> compiling *non-classified* [asterisked by me] information.
> 
> Implication: any of you, experts in Russian Space program, or me, who
> have learnt the details about the program from open sources, still could
> be accused in spying against Russia simply because information about a
> sensitive subject was aggregated.
> 
> --
> KD
>