Harold T. Martin III was initially suspected of being a spy. His lawyer insists he is simply a compulsive hoarder.
By Devlin Barrett Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Email Bio Follow March 28 at 6:12 PM A former National Security Agency contractor described as a “hoarder” by his lawyer pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally retaining a huge volume of government secrets at his house in what investigators initially suspected could be a major espionage case.
At the time of his arrest at his home in Glen Burnie, Md., authorities feared the worst — that Martin may have been a witting or unwitting conduit of sensitive NSA hacking tools to rival nations.For months, FBI agents tried unsuccessfully to get him to explain what he had done and whether he had shared the information, according to people familiar with the case.“After an exhaustive government investigation, it is clear that Mr.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martin acknowledged that, starting in the late 1990s, when he worked as a contractor for different agencies and held a security clearance that gave him access to extremely sensitive classified information, he stole and retained documents marked as top secret.
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