Posted on 10/05/2016 12:22:43 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A National Security Agency contractor has been arrested and charged with allegedly compromising highly classified computer codes, CBS News confirmed Wednesday.
The suspect has been identified as Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, the Justice Department revealed in a release Wednesday. CBS News Justice and Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports he was a Booz Allen Hamilton employee.
Martin, who was arrested on Aug. 27, has been charged with “theft of government property” and “unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials by a government employee or contractor,” said the Justice Department after the complaint against him was unsealed Wednesday.
On the day of his arrest, officials used search warrants to look through his home, two storage sheds and car. Investigators found “hard-copy documents and digital information stored on various devices and removable digital media.”
“A large percentage of the materials recovered from Martin’s residence and vehicle bore markings indicating that they were property of the U.S. government and contained highly classified information, including Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI),” the Justice Department said Wednesday. “In addition, investigators located property of the U.S. government with an aggregate value in excess of $1,000, which Martin allegedly stole.”
The complaint said that six classified documents were found that were acquired from “sensitive intelligence and produced by a government agency in 2014.” The Justice Department said that the documents are “currently and properly classified as Top Secret,” which means “unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the U.S.”
Martin could face up to a year in prison for the unauthorized removal and retention of the classified materials and 10 years in prison for stealing government property. He appeared in court on Aug. 29 and he remains detained, the Justice Department said.
This comes three years after Edward Snowden, a NSA contractor who also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, leaked top secret U.S. government documents from the agency.
CBS News’ Justice and Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues contributed to this report.
He actually could use the defense of estoppel. If Hillary and her minions aren't charged, it's a legal defense for every other person charged that the law is selectively enforced.
Where is the intent?
Comey has established that they must prove intent to charge, oh, that’s only if your name is Clinton.
NOT GUILTY!
The felon Feds can talk to the Hand.
That Navy guy tried that defense and lost.
But did he INTEND TO?
Did he have them in his basement on a private server? We hear that’s the safest place for top secret information.
Stinks for him that he’s not the Hildabeest.
It’s probably just extreme carelessness.
He should run for political office.
If Donald makes it, I could see him pardoning the fellow just as a parting slap to Hillary... “with our highest people doing this, how was this nebbish supposed to know any better? Though now I put everybody on warning.”
Well he said he took “full accountability” and is now seeking a promotion.
SOOOOOOOO WHAT!
The answer to “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!”
Who fn cares-why selectively charge, arrest, and punish him? Destroy the evidence for him and let him walk.
As to U S Government property worth in excess of $1,000 that he allegedly stole: The way the government spends money, that might have been a box of small paperclips.
Done for "fun" or "profit" ?
What was his intent ?
If for "profit" refer the case to Illery (the Capitalist)
For "fun" refer to Gruccifer (the playfull)
To embarass the NSA ,... let the games begin while they continue to violate the intent of the Constitution !!
NSA guy gets arrested..Hillary Clinton walks scott free and she can end up being President..gotta love the liberal double standard
Heh heh........nebbish....
KYPD
Hey, what’s the problem? Hillary is more equal than Martin.
Comey says so.
5.56mm
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