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NBC: Ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty in largest theft of secrets ever
The Maryland resident amassed the classified material during 23 years at the agency and investigators have struggled to figure out why he did it.
WASHINGTON — A former contractor for the National Security Agency, the federal government's super-secret codebreaker, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he stole and held onto classified government secrets.
Harold Martin of Glen Burnie, Maryland, entered a guilty plea in a Baltimore federal courtroom. When he was arrested in 2016, investigators said thousands of secret and top-secret documents in printed and digital form were found in his house and car.
After Thursday's hearing, his defense lawyers said Martin's actions "were the product of mental illness, not treason."
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WNU Editor: He worked at the place for 23 years. I can only imagine how much data he was exposed to, and what he took.
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