The top-secret classified documents that Edward Snowden stole from the U.S. government may be nothing compared to what a 51-year-old is accused of stealing from the NSA, the National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Cyber Command and the CIA. A former NSA contractor with a long intelligence career and a higher security clearance than Snowden is accused of stealing classified data far more sensitive than anything Snowden leaked. By James Holbrooks According to an indictment released Wednesday, the information stolen by Harold Martin, a former N.S.A. contractor who was arrested in August of last year, may be far more damaging to the U.S. intelligence community than anything taken by Edward Snowden. On October 5, the New York Times broke the story that the F.B.I. had arrested an employee of the intelligence community over suspicions the worker had stolen highly classified computer code. From that report: “The contractor was identified as Harold T. Martin III of Glen Burnie, Md., according to a criminal complaint filed in late August and unsealed Wednesday. Mr. Martin, who at the time of his arrest was working as a contractor for the Defense Department after leaving the N.S.A., was charged with theft of government property and the unauthorized [...]
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