Ex-NSA Employee gets 22 Years in Prison for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

In a stark message to those safeguarding classified information, a former National Security Agency (NSA) employee received a nearly 22-year prison sentence for attempting to transfer sensitive documents to Russia.

FBI Director Christopher Wray emphasized, “This sentence should serve as a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information that there are consequences to betraying that trust.”

Jareh Sebastian Dalke, a 32-year-old from Colorado Springs, held the position of Information Systems Security Designer for a brief period between June 6 and July 1, 2022. During this time, he had access to highly confidential material.