Former NSA employee pleads guilty to illegally taking classified information – IOTW Report

Former NSA employee pleads guilty to illegally taking classified information

WaEx: A man previously employed by the National Security Agency pleaded guilty Friday for illegally taking classified information from the agency’s office.

Nghia Pho was employed starting in 2006 by the NSA as a Tailored Access Operations developer, according to the Justice Department. He pleaded guilty on one count of willful retention of national defense information.

Authorities discovered classified documents, some in digital form, in his Maryland home that were retrieved from the agency between 2010 and 2015.  more

11 Comments on Former NSA employee pleads guilty to illegally taking classified information

  1. So why did this cretin bring the info home – to share with his neighbors or to sell to a foreign guvmint like the Russkies?

    How about giving just a little more info regarding if it was compromised – on the other hand it made be moochelle obammer’s jocksize.

  2. As government workers have become more and more political and their hacks installed in critical positions our security has suffered immeasurable harm. We are a ripe plum for a surprise attack by our enemies.
    The cavalier handling of critical secrets has left us on dangerous ground. Thanks to all of the traitors, we all will pay for your stupidity and greed.

  3. Apparently he can be jailed for “up to” ten years. This means he’s likely to get probation. At some point the laws need to be actually enforced. Ten years in prison may not be enough for what he did but we’ll never know. We elect people trusting that they will make fair and just laws and then actually enforce them equally upon all but that hasn’t happened in generations. Hell, if they had to make a deal tell him if he fully cooperates he’ll spend his ten years in the good prison else it’s the bad prison for him.

  4. Hillary & Comey must know of the law that says taking classified files home in digital format is OK. But taking classified files home printed on paper is Not OK.

    I’m not aware of the law that makes that distinction. But looking at who gets prosecuted & who doesn’t . It must exist .

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