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Reports now, this case is different. morison wasn't spying for a foreign country, he said he was trying to warn us about a soviet threat. >> reporter: samuel morison may have changed america in a way he never intended. he is the first man convicted of spying for making information public and could be sentenced to 40 years in prison. he worked for the navy as an expert on fighting ships and had a part-time job, with the navy's permission, as the u.s. editor of a british military magazine. what got him in trouble were satellite photos of construction of a soviet nuclear aircraft carrier which he...

In wednesday he'll be sentenced for espnage but carl stern reports now, this case is different. morison wasn't spying for a foreign country, he said he was trying to warn us about a soviet threat. >> reporter: samuel morison may have changed america in a way he never intended. he is the first man convicted of spying for making information public and could be sentenced to 40 years in prison. he worked for the navy as an expert on fighting ships and had a part-time job, with the navy's permission, as the u.s. editor of a british military magazine. what got him in trouble were satellite photos of...

And add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. today we learned two new things about the exxon ceo who has been nominated to be the secretary of state. the math on this is easy, if all 10 democrats on the committee vote no -- which is possible -- just one republican on the committee voted no to have rex tillerson's nomination fail in the committee. in all cases, failinin committee means the end of the nomination. that brings us to the second thing we learned today about this nomination. the second thing we learned is that failure in commi...

Just one republican on the committee voted no to have rex tillerson's nomination fail in the committee. in all cases, failing in committee means the end of the nomination. that brings us to the second thing we learned today about this nomination. the second thing we learned is that failure in committee in this case would not be a problem. committee chair bob corker today told cnn that rex tillerson will get a full senate floor vote whether the committee approves him or not. which is good to know and important to know. what this means is that next monday's vote may be interesting. senator marco...

Permission, as the u.s. editor of a british military magazine. what got him in trouble were satellite photos of construction of a soviet nuclear aircraft carrier which he obtained in his navy employment. he cut off the "classified" designation and sent them off to the magazine. he got no extra pay for them but the government decided to charge him with espionage for leaking the classified photos. >> we are not -- i don't think we are heavy handed or crazy about this. but when we're confronted with a situation that's serious and we believe the morison case was serious, we intend to follow throug...