USA: DOUGLAS GROAT CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE

Record ID: 987321

  • Title: USA: DOUGLAS GROAT CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE
  • Date: 4th April 1998
  • Summary: LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (NBC - NO ACCESS CNN/USA) 1. AERIAL SHOT OF THE CIA BUILDING 0.12 WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 3, 1998) (RTV) 2. SCU CIA PHOTOGRAPH OF ALLEGED SPY, DOUG GROAT 0.20 3. U.S. ATTORNEY WILMA LEWIS EXITING U.S. DISTRICT COURT WALKING UP TO MICROPHONE AND SAYING "GOOD AFTERNOON, TODAY WE ARE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE UNSEALING OF AN INDICTMENT CHARGING DOUGLAS F. GROAT, AGE 50, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE CIA WITH ESPIONAGE AND ATTEMPTED EXTORTION." (ENGLISH) 0.46 4. SLV JOURNALISTS LISTENING 0.52 5. SCU LEWIS SAYING "GROAT HAS BEEN CHARGED IN FOUR COUNTS WITH ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING ESPIONAGE IN MARCH AND APRIL OF 1997 BY COMMUNICATING NATIONAL DEFENCE INFORMATION RELATING TO CIA TARGETING AND COMPROMISE OF THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS OF TWO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS, THE TWO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED BY NAME IN THE INDICTMENT. TWO OF THE ESPIONAGE COUNTS IN THE INDICTMENT CARRY A POSSIBLE PENALTY OF DEATH." (ENGLISH) 1.33 6. SCU/CU SKETCH OF GROAT IN THE COURTROOM (2 SHOTS) 1.51 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (RTV) 7. MV CONVICTED SPY ALDRICH AMES COMING OUT OF BUILDING WITH ESCORT 1.59 8. SLV CAR CARRYING CONVICTED DOUBLE-AGENT HAROLD NICHOLSON 2.13 WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 3, 1998) (RTV) 9. SCU LEWIS SAYING "THIS CASE INVOLVES HIGHLY SENSITIVE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT COULD HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES, IN SHORT THIS IS A SERIOUS ESPIONAGE CASE." (ENGLISH) 2.33 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 3, 1998) (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN) 10. SLV VEHICLE CARRYING GROAT LEAVING COURTHOUSE WITH SIRENS SOUNDING (2 SHOTS) 2.57 Initials S3 P3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LANGLEY AND ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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