� S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S � PAGE 11Saturday, November 21, 2009
BY HERBERT A. SAMPLE
The Associated Press
HONOLULU -- A former B-2 stealth
bomber engineer accused of spying for
China suffers from narcissistic personal-
ity disorder, expert witnesses for the pros-
ecution and the defense testified in federal
court Thursday.
But the forensic psychologists who eval-
uated Noshir Gowadia of Maui disagreed
during the hearing over whether he is
competent to stand trial and assist in his
defense.
Gowadia, who worked for years on high-
ly classified military systems, has been
held without bail since his 2005 arrest on
suspicion of selling cruise missile secrets.
He has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of
conspiracy, money-laundering and falsify-
ing tax returns.
The charges against Gowadia also as-
sert that he offered to sell classified stealth
technology to foreign business people in
Israel, Germany and Switzerland.
With Gowadia seated in white prison
overalls alongside his attorneys, prosecu-
tion witness Lisa Hope testified Thursday
that she and a postdoctoral psychology in-
tern evaluated the defendant at a federal
prison in Los Angeles last spring.
Hope, a clinical and forensic psycholo-
gist for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang
that Gowadia has a high IQ, appears very
knowledgeable about export, espionage
and secrecy laws, and has been lauded for
his previous work on a range of military
projects.
Gowadia also displayed a "grandiose
sense of self," believes he is better than
others and showed no signs of faking his
psychological problems, Hope testified.
Gowadia made several claims that on
their surface seemed fantastical but also
contained grains of truth, Hope stated.
Among them, she said, was that his work on
anti-missile technology saved thousands of
U.S. lives in Iraq and that his mind works
faster than a computer.
While Gowadia's contentions often are
substantial exaggerations, they don't rise
to the level of delusions, Hope testified.
The defendant may be a difficult client for
his lawyers, but he doesn't suffer from a
mental defect or illness that marks him as
incompetent to stand trial, she added.
Richard Rogers, a forensic psychology
professor at the University of North Texas
who appeared for the defense, agreed that
Gowadia suffers from narcissistic person-
ality disorder.
But Rogers, who designed one of several
tests that psychologists use in determining
the competency of criminal defendants,
testified that Gowadia's condition is indeed
a mental defect.
Gowadia intensely wants to prove he
is always right, that others are envious
of him, that his lawyers are less intelli-
gent than he is, and that the government
trumped up the charges against him, Rog-
ers testified.
"He is currently incompetent to stand
trial" because he cannot adequately assist
his attorneys and cannot rationally under-
stand the circumstances or severity of the
charges against him, Rogers added.
The indictment alleges Gowadia gave
Chinese engineers and officials classified
information about missile exhaust systems
that emit little heat and thus are hard to de-
tect. Prosecutors allege Gowadia pocketed
$110,000 for designing an exhaust nozzle
for a Chinese stealth cruise missile.
The hearing was likely to conclude
Friday.
Experts disagree on accused spy's mindset
Competency hearing held for ex-stealth bomber engineer
AP
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urged supporters to vote for
Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in
West Milford, N.J., last month. A spokeswoman for Giuliani says he
has not decided whether he'll run for governor or the U.S. Senate.
Is Giuliani eyeing a
Senate run in 2010?
BY MICHAEL GORMLEY
The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former New
York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
encouraged by many Republi-
cans to run for governor in 2010,
is instead leaning toward a run
for U.S. Senate, according to two
party advisers.
"From staff, we have been
hearing that he has been indicat-
ing quietly and privately recently
that governor might not be the
best fit for him now," one advis-
er said Thursday. "But the U.S.
Senate could be a perfect fit for
him."
The adviser noted that nobody
is saying Giuliani has decided, but
it "certainly sounds" like he is less
interestedinrunningforgovernor.
Another adviser echoed that. The
advisers spoke on the condition of
anonymity because they weren't
authorized to speak for the state
Republican Party or Giuliani.
The New York Times, citing
unidentified people told of the
decision, reported Thursday that
Giuliani, 65, wouldn't run for gov-
ernor after months of considering
it.
Giuliani spokeswoman Maria
Comella disputed that report,
saying he told her Thursday that
he hadn't made a decision.
"When he comes to that deci-
sion he'll let everyone know," Co-
mella said.
Asked whether that meant Giu-
liani was still considering a run
for governor, she said: "Correct."
Republicanshavebeenwatching
polls showing that Giuliani, who
came to be known as "America's
mayor"whenhesawgrievingNew
Yorkers through the aftermath of
the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, would
beat Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gil-
librand in a hypothetical matchup
in the Senate race next year. Gil-
librand was appointed this year
to fill Hillary Rodham Clinton's
unexpired term when she became
secretary of state.
PollsalsoshowGiulianitrailing
in a possible matchup with Demo-
crat Andrew Cuomo, the popular
state attorney general amassing a
large campaign fund.

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