A contractor working for the Defense Department was arrested on Friday and charged with mishandling classified documents, as per an FBI complaint. The contractor, a Turkey-born electrical engineer, allegedly printed over 250 documents at work between May and August 7, some of which were labeled as 'top secret.' Despite having top-secret clearance due to his employment, he was not authorized to take the documents home, according to the 11-page complaint filed in a Virginia federal court.
The contractor was apprehended by federal agents as he was about to leave for Mexico. During a search of his belongings, a document marked 'top secret' was found in his backpack. Further searches at his residence revealed more classified documents in his possession.
