FBI contractor gets prison time for leaks

Published May 25, 2010 4:00am ET



A 40-year-old former FBI contract linguist was sentenced to 20 months in prison for leaking classified information to a blogger.

Shamal Kedem Leibowitz had access to classified information so he could translate FBI documents. According to prosecutors, while the Silver Spring man was working for the FBI, he leaked classified documents on U.S. intelligence activities to a blogger who then published the material.

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