Ex-State Department Contractor Gets 13 Months for Leak
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Former U.S. State Department contractor Stephen Kim was sentenced to 13 months in prison for disclosing intelligence on North Korea to a Fox News reporter in a case that sparked criticism from free-press advocates of the Obama administration’s crackdown on unauthorized leaks.
U.S. Attorney Ron Machen in Washington, who announced today’s sentence in a statement, said he hopes the prosecution will deter similar conduct.