The defendant did not reveal why she kept the classified documents at her house.
Aformer FBI analyst has been convicted of violating the Espionage Act in connection with having nearly 400 classified document in her Missouri home and has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
The Justice Department said the ex-analyst, Kendra Kingsbury, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court and that some of the documents include information on national defense and secret methods of collecting national security intelligence.
The documents also describe U.S. government efforts related to counterterrorism, counterintelligence and defense against cyber threats – including details on investigations across multiple agency field offices. They also include information about al Qaeda members, including a suspected associate of 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, the department said.
“It’s not something that happens often,” former FBI Assistant Director of Intelligence Kevin Brock told Just the News on Thursday about FBI employees taking such documents. “It shows criminal intent.”
Kingsbury, who held “Top Secret” security clearance told investigators she repeatedly took classified documents and other sensitive material from the FBI and kept it at her house in North Kansas City, Missouri.