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80 from Maryland Prison Indicted in Racketeering Scheme

Eighty people connected to a medium-security Maryland prison were indicted on federal racketeering charges stemming from drug and cell phone smuggling operations, state officials announced Wednesday. The conspiracy also allegedly involved sex and retaliation.

A federal grand jury indicted 18 correctional officers, 36 inmates and 27 outside facilitators related to the scheme, in which correctional officers were accused of bringing tobacco, cell phones and drugs into Eastern Correctional Institution in exchange for money or sex.»»»Read more.

'Weirdo' NSA Worker Charged With Stealing Files Is Navy Veteran

A Glen Burnie contractor working for the National Security Agency who was arrested by federal authorities for allegedly stealing "highly classified computer codes" is described by security officials as a "weirdo." Suspect Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The report doesn’t specify what Martin is accused of doing with the information that he took, which is used to hack the computer networks of foreign governments.

NSA officials told ABC News that Martin is "more weirdo than whistleblower,” but he has not been charged with the more serious crime of espionage. Martin's attorney, Jim Wyda, said there is “no evidence Hal Martin intended to betray his country.”

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