Overview

• Joshua Adam Schulte, a former CIA officer, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for espionage and child pornography charges.
• Schulte's actions, including the theft and transmission of classified CIA files to WikiLeaks, caused significant harm to U.S. national security.
• The stolen CIA files, known as the Vault 7 and Vault 8 disclosures, were described as one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in U.S. history.
• Schulte's crimes also included the possession and distribution of thousands of videos and images of child sexual abuse.
• Despite being warned by the court, Schulte attempted to continue his crimes from behind bars, including planning to leak more classified materials.