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Ex-NSA Contractor Stole at Least 500 Million Pages of Records and Secrets, U.S. Says
Wall Street Journal ^ | Oct. 20, 2016 | Damian Paletta

Posted on 10/20/2016 1:45:28 PM PDT by Innovative

The Justice Department outlines details of the probe, says it will likely charge Harold Martin with additional crimes.

A former National Security Agency contractor amassed at least 500 million pages of government records, including top-secret information about military operations, by stealing documents bit by bit over two decades, the Justice Department alleged in a court filing submitted Thursday.

Prosecutors in August arrested and charged Harold “Hal” Martin III, of Glen Burnie, Md., with theft of government property and unauthorized removal or retention of classified documents. The case was kept under seal until earlier this month, when some details became public.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: classified; documents; governmentdocuments; halmartin; haroldmartin; nsadocs; nsadocsstolen; stolenrecords
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Sadly not surprising.
1 posted on 10/20/2016 1:45:28 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Mrs. Clinton?


2 posted on 10/20/2016 1:48:04 PM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: Innovative

So?

Guy is a hero somewhere..../S

Now, what about Hillary?


3 posted on 10/20/2016 1:48:18 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Innovative

Meanwhile, that nasty woman Hillary Clinton roams the Earth free ...


4 posted on 10/20/2016 1:48:25 PM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: Such a nasty woman ...)
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To: Innovative

If he didn’t know it was wrong, he is not guilty


5 posted on 10/20/2016 1:48:55 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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Of course this is different than Hillary’s bathroom email server.

Because, after all, she IS Hillary Clinton. So.........


6 posted on 10/20/2016 1:49:12 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Innovative

But no intent, so....S’OK.

Really. How can they prosecute him with a straight face?


7 posted on 10/20/2016 1:50:14 PM PDT by Regulator
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And of course the 4-star general will also be licked up for releasing classified info. His name is not Clinton, either.

Retired four-star general admits leaking top-secret info to media

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/politics/general-cartwright-pleads-guilty-leaking-information/

While the charge of making false statements to federal investigators carries a five-year maximum sentence, Cartwright’s plea agreement states that he should face no more than six months in prison.
Cartwright’s sentencing hearing is set for January 17, 2017.


8 posted on 10/20/2016 1:54:38 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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"... by stealing documents bit by bit over two decades ..."

So, during Clinton I, Bush II, and Obama/Clinton II. Thanks gang for the easing of classified information controls. I should know, because I worked in that environment from the early 1980s until late 2012. I saw the changes, and this doesn't surprise me at all.

9 posted on 10/20/2016 1:54:53 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Innovative

“locked up” — typo — I and o are next to each other on the keyboard.


10 posted on 10/20/2016 1:55:50 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Holy cow! 500 million pages over 20 years? What does that work out pages per day wise?!


11 posted on 10/20/2016 1:59:29 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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I’m afraid I can so NO proof of INTENT, here.

I”m so sorry these others have troubled, you sir.

Thank you for your time —you are free to go.

Do you require cab fare..?


12 posted on 10/20/2016 1:59:38 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Innovative

RIGHT! Do you know how many times I have confused licking for locking? More than I care to share.

“locked up” — typo — I and o are next to each other on the keyboard.


13 posted on 10/20/2016 2:00:11 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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14 posted on 10/20/2016 2:00:31 PM PDT by gaijin
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How about how many Encyclopedia Britannica volumes that makes?

Holy cow! 500 million pages over 20 years? What does that work out pages per day wise?!


15 posted on 10/20/2016 2:01:20 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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Holy cow! 500 million pages over 20 years? What does that work out pages per day wise?!

500,000,000/(365*20) ~ 68,500 pages per day.

16 posted on 10/20/2016 2:03:55 PM PDT by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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I’m going to guesstimate 100K pages a day, based on 5 day/wk and 50wk/yr.


17 posted on 10/20/2016 2:08:18 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Can we assume that he got soft copies and not all hard copies?

Then it would depend on the format of the files that he got. DOC, PDF, TXT etc.

What is the file size or volume?

You can get over 250 gig memory the size of your pinky nail.


18 posted on 10/20/2016 2:14:54 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: Innovative

HUUUUGE grain of salt for this one.


19 posted on 10/20/2016 2:15:09 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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"by stealing documents bit by bit over two decades" Reminds me of the Johnny Cash song "Once piece at a time"
20 posted on 10/20/2016 2:22:01 PM PDT by shotgun
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