Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news on what could be the largest theft of government secrets in history. Today, federal prosecutors said harold martin, a former contractor with the National Security agency, will likely be charged under the espionage act. They say that martin took enough secret material to fill 200 laptop computers, far more than edward snowden. The theft is described as breath taking in its longevitan scale. Chip reid has more on this. Chip. Reporter scott, federal prosecutors say martin has been stealing classified documents for 20 years. The total the equivalent of half a billion pages of sensitive information. Many of the documents are marked secret and top secret. Court documents say he may have been trying to hide his online activities and he was attempting to run operating systems on his machines that would not leave any forensic evidence of his computer activities. Found 10 firearms, including an ar15style rifle and a shotgun in his house, and a handgun i
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news on what could be the largest theft of government secrets in history. Today, federal prosecutors said harold martin, a former contractor with the National Security agency, will likely be charged under the espionage act. They say that martin took enough secret material to fill 200 laptop computers, far more than edward taking in its longevity and scale. Chip reid has more on this. Chip. Reporter scott, federal prosecutors say martin has been stealing classified documents for 20 years. The total the equivalent of half a billion pages of sensitive information. Many of the documents are marked secret and top secret. Court documents say he may have been trying to hide his online activities and he was attempting to run operating systems on his any forensic evidence of his computer activities. Additionally, f. B. I. Agents found 10 firearms, including an ar15style rifle and a shotgun in his house, and a
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it