Officials: NSA contractor 'more weirdo than whistleblower'
The Booz Allen Hamilton contractor who allegedly took classified information from the National Security Agency may just be a "weirdo," current and former agency officials say, rather than a whistleblower or spy.
"It's not a repeat of Snowden, but it is another insider," former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis said in an interview with ABC News. "It could be quite harmful, but [so far] it's not as malicious or nefarious."
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it had arrested Harold Thomas Martin, a 51-year-old PhD student and Navy veteran who goes by "Hal," for taking classified information home with him. Current NSA officials described Martin, who worked in the agency's Tailored Access Operations division, as "more weirdo than whistleblower."
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