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Eugene

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Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:59 PM Mar 2019

'Hoarder' pleads guilty in one of biggest breaches of U.S. secrets

Source: Reuters

POLITICS MARCH 28, 2019 / 9:03 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

'Hoarder' pleads guilty in one of biggest breaches of U.S. secrets

(Reuters) - A former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, portrayed as an eccentric hoarder by his lawyers, pleaded guilty in a Baltimore, Maryland court on Thursday to stealing classified documents in a deal likely to put him in prison for nine years.

Harold Martin, 54, who worked for several private firms and had clearances to access top secret information, was arrested over two years ago for what may have been the biggest breach of classified information in history.

When Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided his home south of Baltimore in 2016 they found stacks of documents and electronic storage devices amounting to 50 terabytes of files, including classified ones, prosecutors said.

U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors said in a statement that Martin’s actions risked the disclosure of top secret information to America’s “enemies.” One of their allegations was that Martin talked online with people in Russian and other languages but they never found proof he shared stolen information with anyone.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-nsa/hoarder-pleads-guilty-in-one-of-biggest-breaches-of-u-s-secrets-idUSKCN1RA03V
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'Hoarder' pleads guilty in one of biggest breaches of U.S. secrets (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2019 OP
Russia? AJT Mar 2019 #1
Saudis and Israel needs secrets?? Call kushner. Chin music Mar 2019 #2
You mean we actually still have secrets? defacto7 Mar 2019 #3
Kick ck4829 Mar 2019 #4
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