Irish man guilty of stealing secret nuclear codes from British navy.

Ghandee

Someone has been a bold boy!

AN IRISH submariner has admitted collecting secret codes that could be useful to an enemy of Britain.

Royal Navy petty officer Edward Devenney, 30, from Strabane, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to gathering details of encryption programmes in breach of the Official Secrets Act. He also admitted a charge of misconduct in a public office in relation to a meeting with two people he thought were from the secret service of another state.

Devenney admitted meeting two people whom he thought were from the Russian secret service and discussing information relating to the movement of nuclear submarines.

The Official Secrets Act charge was collecting information for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State between November 18 last year and March 7 this year. He gathered details of "crypto material" -programmes used to encrypt secret information -which could be useful to an enemy.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-officer-in-british-navy-guilty-of-collecting-secret-nuclear-codes-3292197.html


Pasty Bravo!

thebigbiffo

The depths some people will go to...

Pilotdude5

I wish my life was that interesting.

uch

thebigbiffo wrote: »

The depths some people will go to...

Boom Boom

LordSutch

Court-marshall in the offing I presume?

1ZRed

Well he may as well print them out and hang them on the wall because those nuclear secrets won't have any use here.

Duggy747

The Cùnt of Red October

biko

They will have to change them from "QWERTY" now.

gobnaitolunacy

biko wrote: »

They will have to change them from "QWERTY" now.

Or "password"!

davetherave

That would be Northern Irish man then?

VictorRomeo

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

I wish my life was that interesting.

He's going down....

Zillah

Apparently getting away with international espionage is hard or something

afro man

Ghandee wrote: »

Someone has been a bold boy!


http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-officer-in-british-navy-guilty-of-collecting-secret-nuclear-codes-3292197.html


Pasty Bravo!

is strabane not in N ireland therefore making him English if he was a war hero headline would be English officer....

GhostInTheRuins

afro man wrote: »

is strabane not in N ireland therefore making him English if he was a war hero headline would be English officer....

Jaysis...

maximoose

afro man wrote: »

is strabane not in N ireland therefore making him English

Very strange jump in logic you have there.

Ghandee

davetherave wrote: »

That would be Northern Irish man then?

Not this shyte again.

ProudDUB

Eh no. Being from a town in Northern Ireland does not make you English. It makes you a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Northern Ireland.

But yeah, you can bet your bottom dollar if this guy had done something good, on the BBC, he would be "British war hero" and not "Northern Irish/Irish" spy.

Ghandee

ProudDUB wrote: »

Eh no. Being from a town in Northern Ireland does not make you English. It makes you a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Northern Ireland.

That's not strictly true.

The right to self determination and all that.

Agent Smith

Ghandee wrote: »

That's not strictly true.

The right to self determination and all that.

If he's in the british Navy, Its a pretty safe bet to guess where he's going to say he's from....

Cavehill Red

davetherave wrote: »

That would be Northern Irish man then?

North-Western Irish man if we want to be totally exact...

Local-womanizer

Afaik it's extremely difficult for a person from the Republic of Ireland to get a posting to a nuclear sub in the Royal Navy. Think you have to be a UK citizen.

Anything in communications and subs is restricted to us across the wall!

SeaFields

Is this a death sentence if he's found guilty?

Agent Smith

SeaFields wrote: »

Is this a death sentence if he's found guilty?

No Death Sentence in the European Union




he wont be enjoying his showers for a long time anyway.... :pac:

SeaFields

Agent Smith wrote: »

No Death Sentence in the European Union

I thought that there was related to spying in many countries. Maybe I've been watching too much Homeland and 24 :pac:

LordSutch

I presume the 'British Navy' is the same as the Royal Navy.

http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/blogphotos/HMSIndefensible.jpg

Rascasse

ProudDUB wrote: »

But yeah, you can bet your bottom dollar if this guy had done something good, on the BBC, he would be "British war hero" and not "Northern Irish/Irish" spy.

If you read the link you'll see its an Irish newspaper describing him as Irish. The BBC actually make no reference to his nationality, describing him as a "Royal Navy submariner".


How stupid do you have to be to try this? Wasn't there a guy from MI6 offering to sell a list of spies to the Dutch (great enemy of Britain that they are). I wonder if this one was motivated by money or politics.

davetherave

Ghandee wrote: »

Davetherave wrote:

That would be Northern Irish man then?

Not this shyte again.

I hate this shyte as much as you do, but the OP's header and the article say "Irish". I take that to mean Irish as in 26 counties, Republic of Irelandish.

If he was a submariner then he couldn't be Irish
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/Careers/How-To-Join/Eligibility
iii. Only candidates holding British nationality are eligible for the Submarine Service. No nationality waivers will be considered.

Remmy

the cute hoor, selling secrets is a good aul racket

Cavehill Red

davetherave wrote: »

I hate this shyte as much as you do, but the OP's header and the article say "Irish". I take that to mean Irish as in 26 counties, Republic of Irelandish.

Then you take things wrong. He's as Irish as you are and so am I. Suck it up.

CruelCoin

Well AH standards are taking a dive

thecornflake

CruelCoin wrote: »

Well AH standards are taking a dive

Diving right through the bottom of that barrel.