An employee in charge of data security tried to sell classified documents. He would spend the next 21 years behind bars.
Former Pentagon employee Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, was sentenced to 21 and 8 months in prison for attempted espionage. He attempted to transfer secret documents to someone he believed to be a “Russian agent.” The US Department of Justice announced this on Monday, April 29.
During the trial, Dalke pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to provide classified information to a foreign representative.
“The defendant, who once took an oath to protect our country, was thought to have sold national security information to a Russian agent whose contact was an FBI employee. This conviction shows that traitors to our country will be punished,” commented the attorney general.
“Dahlke believed he was sending classified information to a Russian official. Thanks to the efforts of our FBI agents, we were able to stop the transfer of information and prevent a threat to the security of the United States,” added FBI Director Christopher Wray.
From June 6 to July 1, 2022, Dahlke was an employee of the National Security Agency, where he served as an information systems security designer. Dahlke admitted that between August and September 2022, to demonstrate his “legitimate access and willingness to share,” he used an encrypted email account to send portions of three types of documents to a individual he believed to be a Russian agent.
On or about August 26, 2022, Dalke demanded $85,000 in exchange for all the information he had. Dahlke argued that the information would have implications for Russia and said he would share more information in the future.
It was previously reported that an assistant to a member of the European Parliament was accused of spying for China.
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