{"id":1554131,"date":"2022-07-14T10:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554131"},"modified":"2022-07-14T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:19:12","slug":"ex-cia-programmer-accused-of-leaking-data-to-wikileaks-convicted-in-espionage-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-programmer-accused-of-leaking-data-to-wikileaks-convicted-in-espionage-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CIA Programmer Accused Of Leaking Data To WikiLeaks Convicted In \u2018Espionage\u2019 Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-cia-programmer-accused-of-leaking-data-to-wikileaks-convicted-in-espionage-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cia\">CIA<\/a> programmer on Wednesday was convicted of nine counts in an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/spying\">espionage<\/a>\u201d case by a federal jury after authorities accused him of leaking \u201ccritical intelligence\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wikileaks\">WikiLeaks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Adam Schulte, a former CIA programmer, was convicted Wednesday of sending thousands of files, collectively <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/ex-cia-programmer-who-sent-vault-7-trove-to-wikileaks-convicted-by-a-jury-under-the-espionage-act\/\">known<\/a> as \u201cVault 7,\u201d to WikiLeaks in 2017. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/joshua-adam-schulte-charged-unauthorized-disclosure-classified-information-and-other\">charged<\/a> by federal authorities with sending classified materials to an outside party the following year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchulte was aware that the collateral damage of his retribution could pose an extraordinary threat to this nation if made public, rendering them essentially useless, having a devastating effect on our intelligence community by providing critical intelligence to those who wish to do us harm,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-espionage-conviction-ex-cia-programmer-joshua\">said<\/a> U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Williams added that Schulte had now \u201cbeen convicted for one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before his ousting from the CIA, Schulte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/07\/13\/1111404200\/cia-wikileaks-secrets-trial\">worked<\/a> in Langley, Virginia, developing hacking tools for the agency. The files he leaked were related to attempts to use televisions connected to the internet for spying purposes and hacking smartphones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old said that he was being unfairly blamed for the leaks, while prosecutors said Schulte waged an \u201cinformation war\u201d against the government while incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p>Williams said in his statement that Schulte had access to cyber tools that allowed the U.S. to \u201cbattle terrorist organizations and other malign influences around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Schulte began to harbor resentment toward the CIA, he covertly collected those tools and provided them to WikiLeaks, making some of our most critical intelligence tools known to the public \u2013 and therefore, our adversaries,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Schulte maintained his innocence. He said that hundreds of other people had access to the information that could have been responsible for the leaks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s case is riddled with reasonable doubt,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s simply no motive here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the jury was deliberating, the judge in the New York City courtroom told Schule that \u201cdepending on what happens here, you may have a future as a defense lawyer,\u201d in response to his closing statements.<\/p>\n<p>While Schulte said he was innocent, prosecutors pointed to a to-do list from the ex-programmer saying \u201cDelete suspicious emails,\u201d and said that he had broken into a sensitive system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the one who broke into that system,\u201d U.S. Attorney David Denton said. \u201cHe\u2019s the one who took that backup, the backup he sent to WikiLeaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schulte now faces up to 80 years in prison. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ex-CIA programmer on Wednesday was convicted of nine counts in an \u201cespionage\u201d case by a federal jury after authorities accused him of leaking \u201ccritical intelligence\u201d to WikiLeaks.\u00a0 Joshua Adam Schulte, a former CIA programmer, was convicted Wednesday of sending thousands of files, collectively known as \u201cVault 7,\u201d to WikiLeaks in 2017. 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