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Jury Finds Former CIA Programmer Guilty Of Leaking CIA Hacking Materials To WikiLeaks

A federal jury in New York convicted former CIA employee Joshua Schulte of violating the Espionage Act when he allegedly released materials on the CIA’s hacking capabilities to WikiLeaks. This was the second trial against Schulte. In March 2020, his first trial ended in a mistrial on several Espionage

US Justice Department Tries To Stifle Alleged WikiLeaks Source's Challenge To Cruel Confinement

Metropolitan Correctional Center New York (Photo: Bureau of Prisons) The United States Justice Department is attempting to foil former CIA engineer Joshua Schulte's challenge to his harsh confinement conditions at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Jacob argued in a letter