Former Software Engineer Convicted in Largest Leak of Classified Info in CIA History

Joshua Schulte said CIA, FBI made him a scapegoat

In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte (C) is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys during jury deliberations in New York on March 4, 2020. Elizabeth Williams via AP

A former software engineer for the CIA was convicted by a jury in New York on Wednesday on all nine federal charges he faced that accused him of causing the largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history.

Joshua Schulte defended himself at a retrial in New York City, where he told jurors that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat in the March 2017 leak that involved WikiLeaks publishing what has been dubbed “Vault 7.”