Ex-NSA employee pleads guilty to trying to sell classified information to Russia

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A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified national security information to Russia.

Federal prosecutors agreed to not ask for more than about 22 years in prison for Jareh Sebastian Dalke when he is sentenced in April if he adheres to the terms of a plea deal, but the judge will ultimately decide his punishment.

Dalke, a 31-year-old army veteran from Colorado Springs, technically faces up to a possible life sentence for giving the information to an undercover FBI agent who prosecutors say Dalke believed was a Russian agent. However, accepting responsibility for a crime usually leads to a lighter sentence.

 

 

Dalke told the agent that he wanted to “cause change” after questioning the United States’ role in causing damage to the world, but he also said he was $237,000 in debt, according to court documents. He also allegedly said he had decided to work with Russia because his heritage “ties back to your country”.

Dalke pleaded guilty during a hearing before US district judge Raymond Moore. He only spoke in answer to questions from Moore about whether he understood the terms of the deal. He acknowledged that he has been taking medications for mental illness while being held in custody for about a year.

Dalke was paid $16,499 in cryptocurrency last year for excerpts of some documents that he passed on to the agent to show what he had, and then he offered to sell the rest of the information he had for $85,000, according to the plea deal.

 

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[Tug]

Glad they got him in a sting operation without causing damage to our national security he needs to do serious time imo

[Chomper Higgot]

10 minutes ago, Tug said:

Glad they got him in a sting operation without causing damage to our national security he needs to do serious time imo

As do all individuals handing national secrets to others, enemy or businessmen alike.

 

 

[candide]

3 hours ago, Social Media said:

Dalke was paid $16,499 in cryptocurrency last year for excerpts of some documents that he passed on to the agent to show what he had, and then he offered to sell the rest of the information he had for $85,000, according to the plea deal.

 

It seems that the Russians are cheap Charlies! 😃