Karl believes that the United States is a military “bully” and has decided that he wants to assist the underdog country. He has obtained a blueprint of the newest fighter jet that the U.S. military plans to use in the current war. Karl makes copies of the blueprint and sends the copies to the enemy. What crime has Karl committed? Would this crime be different if the United States was not engaged in war? If you were Karl’s defense attorney, what would you argue for his defense?
What will be an ideal response?
Karl has committed espionage by providing the enemy with blueprints. Espionage is the delivery of information to a foreign government with the intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to injure the United States or to advantage a foreign government. As established in Gorin v. United States, espionage during peacetime requires that the government establish that an individual acted in bad faith with the intent to injure the United States or to advantage a foreign nation.
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