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  • Former Navy intelligence officer gets one year in prison for exporting military aircraft parts

    07/20/2006 10:45:34 PM PDT · by Bald Eagle777 · 5 replies · 425+ views
    NCTimes (North County Times) ^ | July 18, 2006 | North County Times wire services (no author divulged)
    A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who illegally exported military aircraft parts, including nozzles for the engine that powers the "Chinook" helicopter, was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. .....
  • Retired officer sentenced in arms deal

    07/17/2006 9:50:04 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 372+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/17/06 | Allison Hoffman - ap
    SAN DIEGO - A former military intelligence officer was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for helping a convicted arms trafficker export parts for jet fighters and other aircraft that were ultimately destined for Iran. George Charles Budenz II, a retired Navy commander, pleaded guilty in November to three counts of illegally exporting engine parts for F-5 fighters, T-38 military trainers and Chinook helicopters to Malaysia and Belgium on behalf of Pakistani arms dealer Arif Ali Durrani. In court, Budenz called Durrani a "lying snake" who took advantage of him at a time of personal and financial distress....