Molly Conger

And he ended up handing the gun back over to the ATF without incident a few months later. But back to the mail fraud. He got the four years for the mail fraud and was sent to federal prison. And it was in prison this time around that Frank would meet Christopher Boyce, a young defense contractor who'd recently been convicted of espionage.

And he ended up handing the gun back over to the ATF without incident a few months later. But back to the mail fraud. He got the four years for the mail fraud and was sent to federal prison. And it was in prison this time around that Frank would meet Christopher Boyce, a young defense contractor who'd recently been convicted of espionage.

And he ended up handing the gun back over to the ATF without incident a few months later. But back to the mail fraud. He got the four years for the mail fraud and was sent to federal prison. And it was in prison this time around that Frank would meet Christopher Boyce, a young defense contractor who'd recently been convicted of espionage.

In 1974, a 21-year-old college dropout named Christopher Boyce got a job at TRW, an aerospace company with a lot of government contracts. He wasn't really qualified for the role, having never worked in an office before, but he started as a low-level clerk.

In 1974, a 21-year-old college dropout named Christopher Boyce got a job at TRW, an aerospace company with a lot of government contracts. He wasn't really qualified for the role, having never worked in an office before, but he started as a low-level clerk.

In 1974, a 21-year-old college dropout named Christopher Boyce got a job at TRW, an aerospace company with a lot of government contracts. He wasn't really qualified for the role, having never worked in an office before, but he started as a low-level clerk.

It helped that his retired FBI agent father was the head of security at McDonnell Douglas, another aerospace and defense contracting company, and he had connections at TRW. But TRW didn't just make satellites and jet engines.

It helped that his retired FBI agent father was the head of security at McDonnell Douglas, another aerospace and defense contracting company, and he had connections at TRW. But TRW didn't just make satellites and jet engines.

It helped that his retired FBI agent father was the head of security at McDonnell Douglas, another aerospace and defense contracting company, and he had connections at TRW. But TRW didn't just make satellites and jet engines.

In his own later testimony before a congressional committee, Boyce described the company as a CIA contractor, something he'd had no idea about before his promotion to a highly sensitive position working on special projects. From inside the company's black vault, and with a top-secret CIA clearance, Boyce had access to the company's encrypted teletype connection with Langley.

In his own later testimony before a congressional committee, Boyce described the company as a CIA contractor, something he'd had no idea about before his promotion to a highly sensitive position working on special projects. From inside the company's black vault, and with a top-secret CIA clearance, Boyce had access to the company's encrypted teletype connection with Langley.

In his own later testimony before a congressional committee, Boyce described the company as a CIA contractor, something he'd had no idea about before his promotion to a highly sensitive position working on special projects. From inside the company's black vault, and with a top-secret CIA clearance, Boyce had access to the company's encrypted teletype connection with Langley.

On at least a dozen occasions, he removed documents from the vault and photographed them. On at least six occasions, he photographed documents inside the vault. He later told Congress, Obviously, neither the government's clearance procedures nor the company's security procedures worked very well. I'll say.

On at least a dozen occasions, he removed documents from the vault and photographed them. On at least six occasions, he photographed documents inside the vault. He later told Congress, Obviously, neither the government's clearance procedures nor the company's security procedures worked very well. I'll say.

On at least a dozen occasions, he removed documents from the vault and photographed them. On at least six occasions, he photographed documents inside the vault. He later told Congress, Obviously, neither the government's clearance procedures nor the company's security procedures worked very well. I'll say.

In his new position inside the vault, Boyce monitored satellite communications between the CIA, his employer TRW, and other CIA contacts around the world. In his congressional testimony, Boyce describes a shockingly lax approach to security for this allegedly super secure black vault.

In his new position inside the vault, Boyce monitored satellite communications between the CIA, his employer TRW, and other CIA contacts around the world. In his congressional testimony, Boyce describes a shockingly lax approach to security for this allegedly super secure black vault.

In his new position inside the vault, Boyce monitored satellite communications between the CIA, his employer TRW, and other CIA contacts around the world. In his congressional testimony, Boyce describes a shockingly lax approach to security for this allegedly super secure black vault.

He would come back to work late at night to return the documents he'd stolen, and no one questioned why a junior employee was opening the vault at 4 a.m. He made deliveries to secure CIA sites without having the proper clearance to enter them. And on one occasion, he wandered into a CIA code room, picked up a clipboard, and was flipping through the pages before someone politely asked him to leave.

He would come back to work late at night to return the documents he'd stolen, and no one questioned why a junior employee was opening the vault at 4 a.m. He made deliveries to secure CIA sites without having the proper clearance to enter them. And on one occasion, he wandered into a CIA code room, picked up a clipboard, and was flipping through the pages before someone politely asked him to leave.