US government contractor, Harold Martin agreed to plead guilty to stealing vast quantities of highly classified information from the National Security Agency.
A sign for the National Security Agency , US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor's entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency .
He held a security clearance that allowed him to have access to top secret and sensitive compartmented information at various times.Investigators did not establish whether he had transmitted this information to anyone and his motives were not made public.
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