BackgroundRonald William Pelton, former intelligence analyst for the National Security Agency. Ronald Pelton was born in 1942; he later attended Indiana University. After college, Mr. Pelton decided to enlist in the United States Air Force, within the Air Force, he was assigned to the Signal Intelligence Division in Pakistan. After serving in the Air Force, Ronald began his career as an intelligence analyst within the National Security Agency in 1965. Pelton resigned from his position in the National Security Agency in 1979 - ("Master Spies"). Court records show Ronald filed for bankruptcy in April 1979. Nine months later, on January 14, 1980, Ronald contacted the Soviet embassy. Pelton had a top secret security clearance, which allowed him to obtain information related to signal intelligence. With this information Ronald Pelton was able to provide valuable data to the Soviet embassy. - (Faulkner, 1985) contacted the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC. He convinced the diplomat that he worked for the US government, so they agreed to meet him at the embassy. Due to wiretaps and embassy surveillance, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) pre-empted the meeting, but was unable to identify the caller in time. Ronald meets Yurchenko, an officer of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), formally known as the Soviet secret police. - ("The Free Dictionary"), thanks to his photographic memory, Ronald shared a detailed account of his activity in the United States. The information Ronald gave Yurchenko was that the United States was monitoring Soviet submarine communications. The United States used submarines in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to spy on Soviet communications. Yurchenko in 1985 revealed t...... half of the document ......6) following the trial in the district court for the District of Maryland, he questioned whether the district court had collected legitimate evidence on Ronald Pelton due of electronic surveillance conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Act. - ("Ronald w. Pelton," 1987) petitioner Ronald William Pelton was convicted of committing espionage and attempted espionage, for this conviction Ronald received a concurrent sentence of 'life imprisonment for espionage and conspiracy and a concurrent ten year sentence for unauthorized disclosure. ("Ronald w. Pelton," 1987) Conclusion Ronald William Pelton, sold secret information about the NSA to the Soviet Union. In carrying out this act of espionage Mr. Pelton was caught and sent to prison for three concurrent sentences and a ten year sentence for espionage and conspiracy against the United States.