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Omid Kokabee, University Of Texas Grad Student, Faces Espionage Charges

Omid Kokabee

First Posted: 10/03/11 08:55 AM ET Updated: 12/03/11 05:12 AM ET

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The Daily Texan:

UT graduate student Omid Kokabee is scheduled to face espionage charges Tuesday in his native Iran. Kokabee, who had been studying optics as a first-year graduate student in the UT physics department, stands accused of leaking Iranian nuclear secrets to the American government.

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UT graduate student Omid Kokabee is scheduled to face espionage charges Tuesday in his native Iran. Kokabee, who had been studying optics as a first-year graduate student in the UT physics department,...
UT graduate student Omid Kokabee is scheduled to face espionage charges Tuesday in his native Iran. Kokabee, who had been studying optics as a first-year graduate student in the UT physics department,...
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OneFish
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12:30 PM on 10/03/2011
My guess: this guy criticized the Iranian regime in an email, phone call or other communication. And before you condemn the Iranian regime for behavior like that consider that we are set up for the same right here at home. It's closer than we might like to think.
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JustinP213
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10:13 AM on 10/03/2011
If he was spying for us, our government should do what it can to help free him.
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GraphicMatt
Somebody make me a sandwich!
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10:45 AM on 10/03/2011
If (and that's a great big if) he were spying for us, our government would deny it and distance themselves from this guy as if he had the plague. Being a spy is lonely business.
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JustinP213
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10:53 AM on 10/03/2011
I know that. Alas, it's wrong to just leave someone to deal with a long prison sentence or worse (death) if he was spying for our country.
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