A former CIA software engineer accused of stealing a massive trove of the agency's hacking tools and handing it over to WikiLeaks was convicted him of only minor charges
A former CIA software engineer accused of stealing a massive trove of the agency’s hacking tools and handing it over to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Monday after a jury deadlocked on the more serious espionage charges against him., who worked as a coder at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va.
The verdict followed four days of deliberations during which jurors reached impasses on several counts. One juror was dismissed last week after telling the panel she had come across news about the Schulte case before the trial.Prosecutors portrayed Schulte as a disgruntled software engineer who exploited a little-known backdoor in a CIA network to copy the hacking arsenal without raising suspicion in what was said to be the largest leak in CIA history involving classified information.
Schulte had left the agency on stormy terms after falling out with colleagues and supervisors, and prosecutors described the leak as an act of revenge. But the defense said the prosecution failed to present a clear case or show how they could be sure Schulte was the culprit.
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