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Re:How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers by MaysonL on Sunday May 22, 2016 @06:40PM (#11750596)
So why did the DOJ drop most of the charges?
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Re:How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers by jinpa_zangpo on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:47PM (#11755914)
The DOJ argued that they should be able to prosecute for revealing classified documents without revealing what the documents were. When the judge prevented that, the case collapsed and they were forced to settle.
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Re:How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers by tptacek on Sunday May 22, 2016 @06:51PM (#11750626)
Because there was a negotiated guilty plea.
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Re:How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers by MaysonL on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:23AM (#11752253)
A guilty plea to one misdemeanor count of "exceeding the authorized use of a computer" after having been indicted on 10 counts, all of which were dropped.
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