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U.S. Response: Former Air Force Technician Convicted of Spying A former U.S. Air Force master sergeant was convicted yesterday of offering U.S. intelligence to Iraq and China but a jury could not decide whether he had tried to sell Baghdad documents on nuclear weapons, military satellites or U.S. war plans, the Associated Press reported. If the jurors decide that Brian Regan tried to sell those secrets to Iraq, he would be eligible for the death penalty. The jury acquitted Regan, a father of four from Maryland, of spying for Libya. Regan worked at the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates U.S. satellites. He was arrested in 2001 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia while boarding a flight for Switzerland, allegedly while carrying top-secret information. Prosecutors said that Regan offered to sell U.S. military secrets to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for $13 million. Defense attorneys said that Regan fantasized about spying, but never followed through with the effort (Jonathan Salant, Associated Press/Boston Globe, Feb. 21). U.S. District Judge Gerald Lee sent the jury home for the weekend and said he hoped the trial would not end without resolving the Iraq charge. “They have not reached the conclusion that they are hung, but it sounds like they are struggling to reach unanimity in answering that question,” he said (Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Feb. 21).
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