Contractor Sentenced, Attempted Espionage Monday, Share Facebook — Former Defense Contractor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage | United States Justice Department.
“The Justice Department will hold accountable those who disregard country and conscience at the expense of our Nation’s security, including, as here, out of spite.”“Despite his knowledge, training, experience, and decades of work as a military contractor, Rowe chose to betray the trust placed in him by his country,” said U.S. national security,” said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. “His repeated, willful efforts to harm the U.S. defense programs and was entrusted with safeguarding protected and classified information about military technology. During this meeting, Rowe disclosed national defense
information classified as SECRET that concerned specific operating details of the electronic countermeasure systems used by U.S. Air Force systems to the Russian government, John Rowe endangered American lives and compromised U.S. Attorney David Metcalf for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. announcement Former Defense Contractor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage Monday, September 15, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs John Murray Rowe Jr., 67, of Lead, South Dakota, was sentenced today to 126 months in prison followed by three years
of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for attempted espionage.The defendant was accused by indictment in December 2021 and entered a guilty plea in April of last year to one count of attempted delivery of national defense information to a foreign government, and three counts of willful communication of national defense information.“The defendant spent decades working on sensitive U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, and the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office and Rapid City (SD) Resident Agency. “This sentencing demonstrates the FBI and our partners will use every tool available to