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Former CIA Officer Joshua Schulte Faces as Many as 80 Years in Prison After Being Convicted for Providing Information to WikiLeaks

A federal jury in New York last month convicted former CIA officer Joshua Schulte on nine felony counts under the Espionage Act for providing information to WikiLeaks that became known as Vault 7.

Schulte has consistently denied that he was the source of the information.

Two years ago, he was convicted on two of the original 11 charges, while the jury hung on the remaining nine.

The most recent trial, in which Schulte represented himself, was on those nine counts, and he now faces as many as 80 years in prison. Schulte is yet to be tried on state child pornography charges.

Prosecutors had literally no evidence that Schulte had taken the data from the CIA and transferred it to WikiLeaks.

But they contended that he was a computer genius who is so brilliant that he was able to cover his tracks.

They alleged that he leaked the information because he was a disgruntled former CIA employee who hated his boss, couldn’t get along with his coworkers, and sought revenge against the Agency.

That was enough for the jury.

CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Sean Roche called the Vault 7 leak “a digital Pearl Harbor.”

Chief prosecutor Damian Williams said the revelations were “one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.” And Vice magazine said it was “the worst leak of CIA information ever.”

The CIA leadership apparently thought the leak was so damaging that then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo ordered the Agency to come up with a plan to kidnap or to kill Julian Assange in London. One former Trump Administration national security official said that Pompeo and other senior CIA leaders, “were completely detached from reality because they were so embarrassed about Vault 7. They were seeing blood.”

All of the major media outlets reported on the finalization of Schulte’s case. What they haven’t reported on, though, is exactly what Schulte was accused of leaking in the first place.

What did we learn from Vault 7?

Vault 7 was a series of 24 collections of documents totaling hundreds of thousands of pages that included the most sophisticated computer hacking, surveillance, and cyberwarfare tools that the CIA ever developed.

WikiLeaks published the first tranche, called “Year Zero,” on March 7, 2017.

Just this first installment contained more information than all of that released by Edward Snowden and included vulnerabilities known to the CIA within web browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera and the operating systems of most of the world’s cellphones, including Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/former-cia-officer-joshua-schulte-faces-80-years-prison-after-being-convicted-providing-information-wikileaks/5790407

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Pence urges Republicans to stop attacking FBI personnel

He said Attorney General Merrick Garland has not provided "nearly enough" information about the raid

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he is concerned by the FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, but urged Republicans to stop "attacking" rank-and-file FBI personnel and calling to defund the law enforcement agency.

"This unprecedented action does demand unprecedented transparency," the vice president said about the raid last week. "I also want to remind my fellow Republicans: We can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision that he made without attacking rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI,"

Pence made the statement to applause at the "Politics and Eggs" breakfast at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.

He acknowledging that he and Trump, under whom he served all four years, have had a tense relationship following the 2020 election. Still, Pence said, he was "deeply troubled to learn that a search warrant had been executed at the personal residence of a former president of the United States."

Pence stated that during his time as vice president he saw "politicization" of the FBI and now, Attorney General Merrick Garland has not provided "nearly enough" information about the raid.

"The Republican Party is the party of law and order," he continued. "Our party stands with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line at the federal, state and local level."

FBI officials are concerned about increased threats facing agents after the raid.

Last week, an armed man allegedly attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati Field Office visitor's facility. He died following an hours-long standoff.

"These attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police," Pence said, going against calls from some Republicans such as Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to defund the FBI after the raid.

Pence made headlines during the event Wednesday for also saying he would "consider" testifying to the House Jan. 6 committee if asked to do so.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/pence-urges-republicans-stop-attacking-fbi-personnel

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