February 01, 2024
Joshua Schulte, a former CIA programmer convicted of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks and of child pornography charges, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday by a Manhattan federal judge, who declined prosecutors' request to put the Texas computer expert away for life.
August 29, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday upheld most of a former CIA employee's convictions related to him leaking classified material to WikiLeaks, saying the evidence was "more than sufficient" for a jury to reasonably find him guilty of espionage and computer hacking, but that his obstruction count can be overturned.
March 23, 2023
A New York federal judge refused Thursday to remove himself from the case of a former CIA programmer who is challenging his conviction for leaking government secrets to WikiLeaks, slamming the recusal bid as having no valid basis.
July 13, 2022
A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday convicted former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte of espionage for stealing government hacking secrets and feeding them to WikiLeaks to get back at coworkers, rejecting Schulte's contention that he was an innocent bystander targeted as a scapegoat.
July 12, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday coached a jury deliberating the fate of former CIA coder Joshua Schulte on a technical legal point, answering the only substantive question jurors deliberating espionage charges against Schulte have asked over three days.
July 07, 2022
A Manhattan federal jury is set to deliberate espionage charges against Joshua Schulte, a former CIA programmer accused of feeding secrets to WikiLeaks, after prosecutors said Thursday that "devastating evidence" proves he betrayed the U.S. while thinking he could get away with it.
July 06, 2022
A former CIA programmer suspected of stealing hacking secrets and feeding them to WikiLeaks got a former colleague to opine Wednesday that the spy agency's computer security was not as strong as the National Security Agency's.
June 29, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge excused a second juror Wednesday in the trial of a former CIA coder accused of feeding secrets to WikiLeaks, telling the remaining jurors they will have to stick it out even if more positive COVID-19 tests necessitate a pause.
June 14, 2022
A jailed computer expert told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he has falsely been labeled a "traitor," arguing on his own behalf and denying charges accusing him of stealing CIA hacking secrets while he worked at the spy agency as a programmer and feeding the data to WikiLeaks.
January 26, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday refused to replace the standby counsel helping former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte prepare to represent himself at an upcoming espionage retrial, despite a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.