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Feds to Charge NSA Contractor Under Espionage Act

HeadlineOct 21, 2016

Federal prosecutors have announced they plan to charge a former National Security Agency contractor with violating the Espionage Act in what’s been described as the largest theft of classified government material ever. Prosecutors accuse Harold Thomas Martin III, an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton, of stealing classified material from the NSA over a 20-year period, but there is no evidence he shared the information. Martin is scheduled to appear in court today.

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