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Feds: Ex-CIA employee waged 'information war' against US [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Feds: Ex-CIA employee waged ‘information war’ against US
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
June 18, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-CIA employee must be kept isolated in prison after claiming he was waging an “information war” against the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Prosecutors made the comment in papers filed in Manhattan federal court in the criminal case against Joshua Adam Schulte.
They said Schulte was in the Metropolitan Correction Center where he is currently housed when he declared the “information war” against the United States, threatening to reveal all classified information he knew unless he was released.
Then, prosecutors said, he backed his pledge by smuggling contraband cellphones into the Manhattan lockup, creating encrypted email accounts and secret social media accounts and drafting misleading “articles” for public consumption that contained misinformation and classified information.
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER
June 18, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-CIA employee must be kept isolated in prison after claiming he was waging an “information war” against the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Prosecutors made the comment in papers filed in Manhattan federal court in the criminal case against Joshua Adam Schulte.
They said Schulte was in the Metropolitan Correction Center where he is currently housed when he declared the “information war” against the United States, threatening to reveal all classified information he knew unless he was released.
Then, prosecutors said, he backed his pledge by smuggling contraband cellphones into the Manhattan lockup, creating encrypted email accounts and secret social media accounts and drafting misleading “articles” for public consumption that contained misinformation and classified information.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/2e57bd0ff4f54c33ac10637358f2ca4f
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