A former employee at the National Security Agency ( NSA ) has been bear down with attempting to transfer classified defense information to a representative of a foreign regime . He was arrested on Wednesday and made his initial appearance at a Union judicature on Thursday .
concord to theDepartment of Justice , Jareh Dalke used an encrypted e-mail explanation to institutionalize excerpts of three classify National Defense Information documents to a alien spy . In actuality , that foreign spy was an undercover FBI agent , per the charging documents . Dalke allegedly exchanged that entropy for cryptocurrency , requesting $ 85,000 in cryptocurrency .
The 30 - class - old briefly served as an Information Systems Security Designer at the NSA from June 6 to July 1 of this twelvemonth . He had reapplied in August but was rejected . It ’s not open why he was let go ab initio , but Dalke claim to still be working at the NSA when he first reach the fake spy on July 29 , accord to the charging documents . Dalke allegedly claimed that he was in monomania of highly sensitive data relating to extraneous targeting of U.S. systems and information on U.S. cyber surgical process . He ab initio put up excerpts of three classified document to prove that he really had them , and then request the payment in exchange for more information , prosecutors say . The FBI agent rig up a impregnable connection to receive the selective information at a public location in Denver , where Dalke was carry into hands on Wednesday .
The former NSA employee transmitted excerpts of three classified documents to the undercover FBI agent.Illustration: Jens Buettner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (AP)
Dalke is point with three rape of the Espionage Act for allegedly transmitting information to a spokesperson of a foreign nation with the purpose of harming the U.S. or serving the pursuit of a strange governance . If convicted , he could be sentenced to death or liveliness in prison .
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