As it turns out, the Russian spy was actually an FBI agent.
Dalke was arrested a short time later.
But that wasnt the only transparently stupid thing Dalke did.
This Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.Photo: Patrick Semansky, File (AP)
DALKE was the only NSA employee to have printed all of these documents.
Dalke pleaded guilty to the charges inOctober 2023and explained he was deeply in debt.
Typically, high-level security clearances arent handed out to people with big debt problems.
That makes them more likely to do risky things for money.
This sentence demonstrates that those who seek to betray our country will be held accountable for their crimes.
I am grateful to the FBI Denver and Washington Field Offices for their extraordinary work on this case.
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