Security News > 2020 > March > Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury

The FBI claimed to have found an "Encrypted container" with child abuse imagery files tucked beneath three layers of password protection on Schulte's PC. The FBI accused Schulte of maintaining lousy security, saying that each layer was unlocked using passwords Schulte previously used on one of his cellphones.

The mistrial is embarrassing: prosecutors spent years pulling the case together, and they devoted four weeks of testimony in an effort to portray Schulte as a vindictive and disgruntled employee who put US security at risk by leaking information on how the CIA spied on foreign adversaries.

According to The Register, the CIA has had a rough time proving that it was Schulte who stole the tools from a secure server in the heart of CIA headquarters.

The CIA has tried to fill in the gaps by pointing to how Schulte has acted before and after the confidential documents were stolen, including that he downloaded Wikileaks' cover-your-tracks software.

Sean Roche, a top CIA official at the time, said he got a call from another CIA director who was out of breath.

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