Noted Scientist Sentenced to 13-Year Prison Term for Attempted Espionage, Fraud and Tax Charges

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2012.  Stewart David Nozette, 54, a scientist who once worked for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the White House’s National Space Council, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for attempted espionage, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion.

The sentence covered charges in two cases.   In one, Nozette pleaded guilty in September 2011 to attempted espionage for providing classified…