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Updated: Monday, February 6, 2017, 11:39 PM <\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors seeking an indictment against a former National Security Agency contractor accused of stealing top secret information and hacking into government networks may happen as early as this week. <\/p>\n
Harold Thomas Martin III, 52, is expected to be charged with violating the Espionage Act by taking classified data, NSA hacking tools and plans against a known enemy of the U.S., sources familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post. <\/p>\n
The charges could land him a prison sentence of 30 years to life, prosecutors said. They argue Martins actions of removing classified material have been damaging to national security. <\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers said Martin took many thousands of pages of classified information and more than 50 terabytes of highly sensitive data, the Post reported. <\/p>\n
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Martins lawyers defended him as a patriot who had no intentions of harming his country. <\/p>\n
\"This is the behavior of a compulsive hoarder who could not stop gathering and possessing the documents he treasured, defense attorney James Wyda said, according to the newspaper. <\/p>\n
The FBI discreetly arrested Thomas at his Glen Burnie, Md. home on Aug. 29 and has since been held at a detention facility. <\/p>\n
Investigators found hard-copy documents and digital information stored on multiple devices that were marked as U.S. government property, a criminal complaint states. <\/p>\n
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Martin, a former Navy lieutenant, worked for the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton the same company that employed whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked classified NSA information in 2013. <\/p>\n
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