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A federal contractor was arrested in August for unlawful retention of classified documents:
A federal contractor suspected of leaking powerful National Security Agency hacking tools has been arrested and charged with stealing classified information from the U.S. government, according to court records and a law enforcement official familiar with the case. Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, was charged with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, authorities said. He was arrested in August after investigators searched his home in Glen Burnie, Md., and found documents and digital information stored on various devices that contained highly classified information, authorities said. The breadth of the damage Martin is alleged to have caused was not immediately clear, though officials alleged some of the documents he took home "could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the United States." Investigators are probing whether Martin was responsible for an apparent leak that led to a cache of NSA hacking tools appearing online in August, according to an official familiar with the case.
From the US DoJ release:
A criminal complaint has been filed charging Harold Thomas Martin III, age 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials by a government employee or contractor. According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Martin was a contractor with the federal government and had a top secret national security clearance. Martin was arrested late on August 27, 2016. The complaint was filed on August 29, 2016, and unsealed today.
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:36AM
Yes, and as we all know, intent totally doesn't matter. Murder and manslaughter are the exact same thing
18 U.S. Code ยง 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
doesn't say anything along the lines of:
Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
I'm so surprised by such a blatant Clinton false-equivalency post!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 06 2016, @10:23AM
False-equivalency? You poor, naive Monkey. How many potential witnesses against her need to die in suspicious circumstances before your red pill kicks in do you think?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @12:15PM
Jesus fucking christ, you too?
Fuck, I didn't realize my opinion of you could go any lower.
And this, from the guy who used to brag about how smart he was [theregister.co.uk] because it took great intelligence to break out of the internet echo chamber.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:52PM
I pity you.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @03:23PM
> I pity you.
And I pity any fool who believes you.