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Charges that they tried to pass nuclear secrets to a foreign country. key evidence was apparently hidden in a peanut butter sandwich. here s cbs s catherine herridge. reporter: this case revolves around the technology behind these high-tech u.s. subs and the court record read like an espionage thriller. defendants jonathan toebbe, a nuclear engineer tore the navy and his wife deanna were arrested over the weekend accused of selling nuclear secrets to a foreign government official who was really an f.b.i. agents our ersummary program is the biggest defense capability that the u.s. has > eric schmitt worked as an operative this is a trusted insider within the network who had access to the secrets and decided he was going to sell them to a foreign power. that is the most dangerous thing we find in counterintelligence reporter: toebbe who lived on this quiet street in annapolis, maryland is charged with selling a country the ....

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