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Minor convictions for ex-CIA coder in hacking tools case

by Associated Press
| March 10, 2020 12:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer accused of stealing a massive trove of the agency's hacking tools and handing it over to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Monday, after a jury deadlocked on the more serious espionage counts against him.

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