Thomas Patrick Cavanagh is an aerospace engineer who was sentenced in 1985 after being convicted of trying to sell stealth bomber secrets to the Soviet Union.
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| Born | 1945 |
| Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Criminal charge | Espionage |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
Cavanagh was arrested at a hotel in Commerce, California, in December 1984, by FBI agents posing as Soviet spies. Cavanagh worked at Northrop, and at the time was undergoing a divorce, and was overly indebted. He tried to sell classified technology and information for $25,000. The sum in 1984 is equivalent to $65,000 in 2021.
He was sentenced to life in prison.[1][2] He was released on March 1, 2001.[3]
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