"CIA Engineer Receives 40-Year Sentence for Leaking Secrets to WikiLeaks"

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Former CIA engineer Joshua Schulte has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, including the largest theft of classified information in CIA history, and for possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. The judge criticized Schulte for his lack of remorse and acceptance of responsibility, stating that he was motivated by anger and spite. Schulte's actions were described as causing exceptionally grave harm to U.S. national security and the CIA, and he was also convicted in a separate case over the possession of child sexual abuse materials.
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