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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grand jury indicted three individuals: Walter Edgington, a GTE vice president; Robert Carter, a former marketing manager; and Bernie Zettl, a defense-industry consultant in McLean, Va. Investigators say that Edgington requested documents from Zettl, a retired Air Force major, who got them through Pentagon contacts and sent the material to a post office box in Mountain View, Calif. Carter allegedly picked up the purloined papers. Zettl and Edgington, who were indicted for receiving classified documents, could be sentenced to 25 years in prison, and Carter faces a conspiracy charge that may result in a five-year term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Peeking At Pentagon Papers | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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