Briton war schuldig, sich freiwillig für Russland auszuspionieren
https://news.sky.com/story/briton-found-guilty-of-volunteering-to-spy-for-russia-13399976
Briton war schuldig, sich freiwillig für Russland auszuspionieren
https://news.sky.com/story/briton-found-guilty-of-volunteering-to-spy-for-russia-13399976
22 Kommentare
Volunteers don’t get paid. He was paid to betray his country.
Treason is one hell of a fall-back job.
What kind of information could a spy gather if they aren’t in the government or something adjacent? Just curious
He’ll get pardoned
I was always under the impression that treason was a death sentence offence, especially during war time when it costs lives??
„Since Your Justice Is So Select, Please Tell Us Which Vermin You’re Paid To Protect“-Riddler
From tower bridge..
What’s the maximum punishment for this? Should be extremely high. At his age, he should really being staying in prison until he dies.
Muppet
Well, prison will take care of his retirement concerns now.
I started out snarky, „that’s one way to secure your retirement“ but honestly this guy’s story just comes off as desperate, and him as more than a bit stupid.
> He told two officers posing as Russian agents he wanted to work in intelligence to **avoid a „nine-to-five office“ job** after clearing out his savings by retiring at 59.
Mission accomplished!
Treason should be punishable by death
This is awful to learn about, it could have ended much worse
He isn’t going to have fun.
So you mean there’s a vacancy now?
Trump?
The absolute hubris of this man thinking he was in any way qualified to be an intelligence agent after retiring at 60 just baffles me.
I could totally do this and feed Russia lies.
„Look over here. The Ukrainians are gonna blow this bridge up….Woopsie. There goes another base with war planes in it. My bad….“
> Phillips explained that he sent out hundreds of CVs and applied online, adding: „I was avidly seeking employment but none was forthcoming.“
How on earth do you go from that – to ‘I’m gonna commit treason’.
You should see all the Russian bots and or reform voters on these posts everywhere else. Saying it’s entrapment, it’s fine because he had nothing to give, twisting it to he justified because of how labour has doomed the UK and so on… absolutely bat shit.
like all of Briton?