Michael Peri

Michael Peri was a Military Intelligence Electronic Warfare Signals Analyst for the United States Army during the Cold War, who was convicted of espionage in 1989 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Biography
On February 20, 1989, Specialist Michael Peri vanished from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) in Fulda, Germany. An exhaustive search was conducted to locate him when it was discovered that he had stolen a portable computer that was used to store classified military information. Specialist Peri was not found, although it was suspected that he had defected to East Germany when a Jeep that he had stolen was located near the East German border. 11 days later, for reasons that have never been fully explained, Michael Peri turned himself in at the front gate of the 11th ACR. He was court-martialed for espionage, where he was convicted on June 25, 1989, and sentenced to 30 years.