Ex-NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years in jail

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An ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

54-year-old Harold Martin has been accused of stealing large amounts of classified material from US intelligence agencies over more than 20 years.

However authorities have found no evidence to suggest that he shared it.

Since 1996, Martin has stolen information from the NSA, CIA, U.S. Cyber Command and National Reconnaissance Office starting.

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