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''Gorin v. United States'', , was a United States Supreme Court case. It involved the Espionage Act of 1917 and its use against Mihail Gorin, an intelligence agent from the Soviet Union, and Hafis Salich, a United States Navy employee who sold to Gorin information on Japanese activity in the U.S. == Background == Hafis Salich was a Georgian immigrant who had worked in the Berkeley Police Department and knew some Japanese. In 1936, he became a civilian employee of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), working in ONI's branch office in San Pedro, California.〔 Mihail Gorin came to the U.S. in 1936, and operated the Los Angeles office of the Soviet tourist agency Intourist. He was also an intelligence agent of the Soviet Union. Gorin met Salich in 1937. Salich had access to ONI's files on pro-Japan activities among Japanese-Americans and the covert activities of Japanese consular officials. He was also short of money, due to gambling losses.〔 By 1938, Gorin persuaded Salich to sell him classified information from ONI, covering U.S. monitoring of Japanese officials and also private persons (Japanese-American citizens and resident aliens). Salich agreed, justifying his action on the theory that Japan was a 'common enemy' of the Soviet Union and the United States.〔 Gorin and Salich were caught in late 1938, when Gorin left a spy-note and cash in clothes sent for dry cleaning. The dry-cleaners checked the pockets of all clothes before cleaning, and found the money and note. They immediately contacted police, who contacted Major General (retired) R. H. Van Deman, a former head of Army intelligence. Van Deman in turn informed the FBI, which investigated Salich and Gorin, and obtained a confession from Salich.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gorin v. United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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