Ex Sgt Pleads Not Guilty to Spying: A retired Air Force master sergeant pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of attempted espionage while working as a defense contractor at the super-secret National Reconnaissance Office. Brian P. Regan, 39, of Bowie, did not speak at the brief arraignment in federal court in Alexandria. But his attorney, Nina Ginsberg, requested a jury trial, and U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee set a March 4 trial date and a pre-trial hearing date of Dec. 14.