Ex-contractor sentenced for sabotaging Navy subs

UglyMowgli · 04-19-07, 06:51 AM

A former government contractor whose top-secret security clearance enabled him to sabotage Navy 6th Fleet computers was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison. Richard F. Sylvestre of Boylston, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of damaging protected computers and could have faced as much as 10 years in prison.

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Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 04-19-07, 06:58 AM

The guy should have been shot, for treason. Period. Sabotaging of military computers is a national security issue. Siberia and gulags are too nice for him. There are no valid "favorable" factors for something like this.

bradclark1 · 04-19-07, 08:09 AM

The judge calls the crime severe then just gives a year. One doesn't match the other.

SUBMAN1 · 04-19-07, 10:18 AM

Are you kidding? THis guy should be given the full 10 years!

Heibges · 04-19-07, 11:23 AM

Sabotage in time of War is definitely a serious offense. One year seems like a ridiculously short sentence.

baggygreen · 04-19-07, 07:33 PM

say it with me now people...

s-o-f-t

that is ridiculous. After a year in prison, its unlikely he will have learnt anything, so to speak. And frankly, the minimum term for something like that oughta be 20 years, no parole.

What woulda happened if this clowns sabotage had led to deaths? you have good men and/or women dead, maybe a ship lost, and he'd be out in 10 years, less with good behaviour. fair?

04-19-07, 06:51 AM	#1
UglyMowgli Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 784 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ex-contractor sentenced for sabotaging Navy subs A former government contractor whose top-secret security clearance enabled him to sabotage Navy 6th Fleet computers was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison. Richard F. Sylvestre of Boylston, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of damaging protected computers and could have faced as much as 10 years in prison. http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...352&ran=199274 __________________ Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager

04-19-07, 06:58 AM	#2
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	One year? The guy should have been shot, for treason. Period. Sabotaging of military computers is a national security issue. Siberia and gulags are too nice for him. There are no valid "favorable" factors for something like this.

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are you kidding? THis guy should be given the full 10 years! __________________

04-19-07, 11:23 AM	#5
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sabotage in time of War is definitely a serious offense. One year seems like a ridiculously short sentence. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

04-19-07, 08:09 AM	#3
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	The judge calls the crime severe then just gives a year. One doesn't match the other.

04-19-07, 07:33 PM	#6
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	say it with me now people... s-o-f-t that is ridiculous. After a year in prison, its unlikely he will have learnt anything, so to speak. And frankly, the minimum term for something like that oughta be 20 years, no parole. What woulda happened if this clowns sabotage had led to deaths? you have good men and/or women dead, maybe a ship lost, and he'd be out in 10 years, less with good behaviour. fair?