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UNBELIEVABLE: Ex cia software engineer who leaked to wikileaks sentenced to 40 years - The Untold Story

The so-called Vault 7 leak was a major embarrassment for the CIA [File: Larry Downing/Reuters]

A former CIA software engineer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified information and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Joshua Schulte, 35, was found guilty in 2022 of four counts each of espionage and computer hacking and one count of lying to FBI agents after handing over classified materials to whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks.

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