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2022-07-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Former CIA coder convicted of espionage over massive leak of hacking tools

[France24] A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history.

Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017.

Schulte watched without visibly reacting as U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman announced the guilty verdict on nine counts, which was reached in mid-afternoon by a jury that had deliberated since Friday.

The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed how the CIA hacked Apple and Android smartphones in overseas spying operations, and efforts to turn internet-connected televisions into listening devices. Prior to his arrest, Schulte had helped create the hacking tools as a coder at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

A sentencing date was not immediately set because Schulte still awaits trial on charges of possessing and transporting child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty.

Attorney Sabrina Shroff, who advised Schulte during the trial, told Schulte’s mother after the verdict that the outcome was a "kick to the gut, the brain and heart." It was unclear if Shroff was expressing her own sentiments or Schulte’s.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-14 03:36|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Schulte moved to New York from Virginia with a computer that contained images and videos of child pornography he had downloaded from the internet from 2009 to March 2017.

Perhaps he was downloading child porn from the wrong people.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-14 03:51|| 2022-07-14 03:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps it's Epstein's laptop.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-14 23:41|| 2022-07-14 23:41|| Front Page Top

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