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A former National Security Agency contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he willfully retained national defense information, in what U.S. officials have said may have been the largest heist of classified government information in history.
The indictment alleges that Harold Thomas Martin, 52, spent up to 20 years stealing highly sensitive government material from the U.S. intelligence community related to national defense, collecting a trove of secrets he hoarded at his home in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
The government has not said what, if anything, Martin did with the stolen data. Martin faces 20 criminal counts, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison, the Justice Department said.
originally posted by: RickinVa
a reply to: Reverbs
Lock his ass up. Period.
He seems like a classified info hoarder so to speak. No word on what his intentions were...big vacant gap.
Will be interesting to see how many years this dude gets.
originally posted by: Reverbs
a reply to: Snarl
And he is just now being found out after 20 years?
originally posted by: Grayarea
a reply to: Snarl
Amazing he made it 20 years and nobody noticed what he was doing. This guy must have balls of steel.
The indictment alleges that Harold Thomas Martin, 52, spent up to 20 years stealing highly sensitive government material from the U.S. intelligence community related to national defense, collecting a trove of secrets he hoarded at his home in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Federal defender James Wyda called his client "a compulsive hoarder" and said he should be released because there was no indication he ever released any of the information he gathered to anyone or even intended to do so. The defense attorney said Martin lacked any desire to harm the U.S.
My first thoughts as well. I used to get polygraphed every year ... like clockwork. It's an expensive and time-consuming tool.
The indictment also alleges that Martin stole documents from U.S. Cyber Command, the CIA and the National Reconnaissance Office.
Martin was employed as a private contractor by at least seven different companies, working for several government agencies beginning in 1993 after serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, according to the indictment.
originally posted by: Riffrafter
a reply to: Snarl
I know the feeling. Did you also have to have those done in a separate facility from where you worked? First few times I went through it they had to fly me to the facility where it was being done. Lost an entire day or more each time for a procedure that takes less than 30 minutes...