THE COUNTS AGAINST MILLER
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Here are the seven espionage counts against Miller:
- Conspiracy to pass secret FBI documents relating to the U.S. national defense to the Soviet Union, a charge carrying a possible maximum life prison term. Convicted.
- Obtaining secret documents relating to the national defense with reason to believe that they would be used by the Soviet Union, a lesser charge with a 10-year maximum sentence. Convicted.
- Passing a copy of the FBI’s Positive Intelligence Reporting Guide to the Soviet Union, knowing that it could harm the United States, a maximum life sentence. Convicted.
- Passing a classified document to the Soviet Union, a lesser charge carrying a maximum 10-year sentence. Convicted.
- Soliciting $50,000 in gold to provide secret documents to Svetlana Ogorodnikova and other Soviet agents, a bribery charge with a 15-year maximum sentence. Convicted.
- Soliciting $15,000 in cash to meet with Soviet officials outside the United States and to deliver official FBI documents to them, another bribery charge with the same penalty. Convicted.
- Agreeing to receive a $675 Burberry trench coat for a planned trip to Vienna or Warsaw to meet with Soviet agents, another bribery count carrying 15 years in prison. Dismissed because of jury deadlock.
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