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Article: EASTMAN SAYS SAFETY WAS ONLY MOTIVE MEDIA CONTACTS DETAILED AT TRIAL.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- March 28, 2008
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Byline: ANDREA JAMESP-I reporter
Boeing inspector Gerald Eastman told police detectives that he didn't want money. And he didn't want power over one of the world's largest corporations.
Acting as a lone employee, Eastman wanted to force The Boeing Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that new airplanes are fully inspected before taking flight.
On Thursday, 46-year-old ((age)) Eastman sat in King County Superior Court, where he is on trial on 16 felony counts of computer trespass.
His new employer, Bothell-based Accra Manufacturing Inc., promptly fired him for a conflict of interest with one of its main customers, ...