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Hawaii Man Accused of Helping China Design Missile

An AP newswire article by Audery McAvoy, via The SFGate.com, reports that:

Cheryl Gowadia couldn't figure out why FBI agents in riot gear, guns drawn, were storming her home on Maui's tranquil North Shore. At first, she thought they might be after the man building a pond in her backyard. Instead, she was stunned to learn they wanted to question her husband, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer.

A week later, on Oct. 13, 2005, agents arrested Noshir Gowadia, a native of India who received a Ph.D. at 15, on suspicion he sold military secrets to China.

Maui is an unlikely place for a spy saga., a mostly rural island of 140,000 known more for big-wave surfing and five-star resorts.

The case comes amid growing U.S. concern about Chinese spying and enhanced prosecution efforts across the country.

posted by Fergie @ 8/02/2008 02:06:00 PM