Former CIA engineer accused of massive leak of classified information to WikiLeaks convicted on only minor counts as jury deadlocks on espionage charges
- Joshua Schulte worked as a coder at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia
- Prosecutors say Schulte was a disgruntled employee who exploited a back door in the CIA's systems to copy documents
- The government said the documents were published by WikiLeaks as the so-called Vault 7 leak and Schulte was responsible
- Jurors said the government didn't prove its case to convict Schulte on espionage charges and were left 'extremely deadlocked'
- Schulte was convicted of contempt of court and making false statements
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-11 |