Former NSA Worker Accused of Trying to ‘Sell Secrets to Russia’ to Remain in Custody

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service, near the visitor's entrance to the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 14, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee accused of espionage after allegedly attempting to sell classified National Defense Information (NDI) to a representative of a foreign government must remain jailed while he’s prosecuted, a magistrate judge ruled on Oct. 11.

Jareh Sebastian Dalke, a 30-year-old Colorado Springs resident, was taken into custody based on a signed criminal complaint on Sept. 28 by an undercover FBI agent whom prosecutors say represented himself as a person working for Russia’s foreign service.