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===Samuel Loring Morison=== In 1984, only months after the magazine was established, ''Jane's Defence Weekly'' gained worldwide attention after printing several images from an American [[reconnaissance satellite|spy satellite]] of the [[Black Sea Shipyard|Nikolaiev 444 shipyard]] in the [[Black Sea]], showing a [[Kiev-class aircraft carrier]] under construction.<ref name="pbp">https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XyMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c84FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,5157743 {{dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref> The images were leaked by [[Samuel Loring Morison]], an American intelligence professional, leading to the only conviction ever passed against a US government official for giving classified information to the press.<ref name="pbp" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/opinion/abroad-at-home-the-pardons-in-perspective.html |work=The New York Times |first=Anthony |last=Lewis |title=Abroad at Home; The Pardons in Perspective |date=3 March 2001 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205104820/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/opinion/abroad-at-home-the-pardons-in-perspective.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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