Six documents that investigators found in the contractor’s possession allegedly contained intelligence stolen from the National Security Agency Patrick Semansky/Associated PressThe US Justice Department charged a contractor who had worked for the same consultant as Edward Snowden yesterday with stealing classified material from the National Security Agency. Harold Thomas Martin, 51, worked as a US government contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, the same company that employed Mr Snowden when he caused an international crisis in 2013 by revealing US cyberspying operations. Six documents that investigators found in Mr Martin’s possession allegedly contained sensitive intelligence. “These six documents were produced through sensitive government sources, methods and capabilities which are critical to a wide variety of national security issues,” prosecutors alleged.

Source: The Times October 05, 2016 23:37 UTC