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Contractor Used Classified CIA Systems as ‘His Own Personal Google’ (www.courtwatch.news)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He wielded it as a sword when he abused his access to classified information and he relied on it as a shield to hide his criminal activity. The dualism of secrecy inherent in Defendant’s job is another reason why it is important to send a strong message at sentencing and deter other former members of the intelligence community from breaking the law to make some extra money.

—court filing

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 23 points 1 week ago

A strong message at sentencing only goes so far. People have to also believe they have a reasonable risk of getting caught. Otherwise, they don’t care how harsh the sentence is when they don’t believe it will happen to them.

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Everyone that has access to sensitive information should know that anything they do can and will be logged. Its usually just a matter of time before you get caught.