Wow. OK. That makes a _lot_ more sense. Interesting that ProPublica did not mention this. I would have thought that definitely deserves a mention. I am almost on his side now...

I'm simply surprised the man only got 5 years plus 3 years supervised release. He did a lot more than just simply "leak" information in a one time go around, he transferred material to unsecured devices including personal iPods and beyond.

That at least deserves a few more years for mishandling material, the judge even said that the man deserved the highest penalties available. Littlejohn should count his blessings for sure, any other unlucky fellow that was "misguided" as he claims would likely not be treated so fairly.

People regularly kill people with their cars and get less time. I don't really see how this is worse.

In a variety of cases where there are minimum penalties from HIPAA to espionage, and there are different levels of clarity, e.g. in HIPAA unknowingly violating patient information and rights leads to a $100 penalty/year along with some type of suspension from the respective medical board if they so deem it necessary. This grows up to $25k a year along with jail time up to 10 years, and in some extreme cases up to $100k a year.

Espionage has increasing penalties all the way up to extreme positions such as treason.

When it pertains to government documents including public documents, CRM 1663, 1664, 1665 all can apply to this man's case. Each one can be a different change, and each one has a penalty of 5 years maximum.

This is literally the first case of this ever happening as well, an example not being made of the man is simply dumbfounding.

A friend of mine was run over and killed crossing the street and all the driver got was a stern talking to*. One might think you can practically get away with murder in America as long as you do it with a car.

* OK, maybe the driver's insurance rate also went up.

People on Hacker News really love to shill for the interests of millionaires and billionaires because they hope they'll be one some day and that they can do the same sorts of ridiculous shit as Peter Thiel.

I beg for your ignorance to shine through on someone else's thread.

You don't have to beg - I'm very good at displaying my own ignorance!

How do you know this was the one that leaked thiel's info? I don't think it mentions thief's name

If we can't find his name then I guess no one wants 5 years of prison to reveal the detailed truth about the second crime.