Posted on 09/25/2018 3:47:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Nghia Hoang Pho, 68, of Ellicott City, Maryland, had pleaded guilty to willful retention of national defense information. At his sentencing in federal court in downtown Baltimore, Pho explained that he took copies of U.S. government documents and writings containing national defense information so he could work from home and boost his resume. He told the judge he was trying to earn a promotion.
“I do not betray U.S.A. I do not betray this country,” Pho, who was born in Vietnam and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, said in unsteady English before sentencing.
Regardless of his motivation, federal authorities asserted his actions put the United States at risk. He stored top-secret digital information on an unsecured computer system at his house.
“Pho’s intentional, reckless and illegal retention of highly classified information over the course of almost five years placed at risk our intelligence community’s capabilities and methods, rendering some of them unusable,” Assistant Attorney General John Demers said in a statement.
His defense attorney, Robert Bonsib, said the thefts did create “risk and potential damage,” but that the NSA cubicle worker nearing retirement never hurt anyone or tried to disseminate the documents he took.
“This is a good guy who made a long-term series of bad judgments,” Bonsib told the court.
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He just wasn’t connected enough to get away with it.
Why is H->! not locked up?
Shoulda hid it in his socks.
Because she did not intend to break the law. Don’t you get it???? /s
“Ex-NSA Employee Receives Prison Time for Taking ‘Massive Trove’ of Top Secret Documents Home”
Meanwhile, Jeff lets the worst criminals in American history..,Hillary, Clapper, Brennan, Comey etc...walk free.
Quick, Pho!
Change your name to Clinton!
Sandy Berger must have schooled that guy!!
Should have left them in the library to be discovered.
Sell the torpedo guidance systems processors in the same submarine to the Chinese for $10 million and you get appointed to Secretary of State and your own security detail.
He should have wiped it with a cloth.
Weird.
Sounds similarly like Hillary...
Imagine what would have happened to us, back when security was taken seriously.
Was that wrong? because I gotta tell you at other intel agencies people do that ALL the time..”
[ Regardless of his motivation, federal authorities asserted his actions put the United States at risk. He stored top-secret digital information on an unsecured computer system at his house. ]
Just to be clear, are we sure this isn’t Hillary? Oh, forgot. He got a real investigation. Nevermind.
One of several.
I hope he didn’t install Kaspersky software ...
Perhaps he should have set up a private server.
Sandy Berger got a pass...
Because Hillary was “careless” in this “matter”! /James “The (Democ) Rat” Comey
I’m not familiar with the current rules for the Federal Prison system vis a vis male and female incarcerations. Can this guy and Hillary Clinton be cell mates? They are both guilty of the same crime.
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