
Former CIA agent Joshua Schulte has been convicted by a federal jury for the largest theft of classified information in CIA history, a full five years after WikiLeaks leaked said documents. Schulte was convicted on nine counts relating to the illegal handling of classified information and obstruction of justice.
U.S. attorney Damian Williams called Schulte’s crimes “one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history,” The New York Times reports.