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Re:Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested for trying to sel... by spzb on Sunday October 10, 2021 @06:21PM (#28822512)
BBC version of the story says $100,000. Not sure which is right but $100k sounds more plausible.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58863678

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Re:Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested for trying to sel... by HWR_14 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:40PM (#28823322)
$100k is what they gave him in total, $5MM is what they promised him. The delta is because he was selling the papers bit by bit in return for partial payment.
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Re:Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested for trying to sel... by tw04 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:03PM (#28823098)
$100k still sounds ridiculously low if it’s at all valuable info. I would be thinking millions given it probably took billions in r&d to create it.
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