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March 2019 Intelligence News

• Compulsive hoarder pleads guilty to NSA thefts by David McFadden, The Associated Press, March 28. "A former National Security Agency contractor accused in a theft of classified documents from the agency's headquarters pleaded guilty Thursday to willful retention of national defense information."
• Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge Of Willful Retention Of National Defense Information, Justice Dept news release, March 28. "Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of willful retention of national defense information."
• DNI Releases Budget Figure for FY 2020 Appropriations Requested for the National Intelligence Program, ODNI news release, March 18. "The aggregate amount of appropriations requested for the FY 2020 National Intelligence Program (NIP) is $62.8 billion, which includes funding requested to support Overseas Contingency Operations."
• FY 20 Military Intelligence Top-Line Budget, DoD news release, March 18. "The total, which includes both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations funding, is $22.95 billion."
• Former Defense Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage, news release, March 15. "Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, pleaded guilty today in the District of Utah in connection with his attempted transmission of national defense information to the People's Republic of China."
• How Trump changed the Obama-era rule on reporting civilian airstrike deaths by Courtney Vinopal, PBS News Hour, March 8. "The move alarmed former intelligence officials who argue that the key abilities to oversee an important piece of U.S. military and covert action abroad will be left in the dark, now that non-military agencies, notably the CIA, will no longer be required to publicly report on casualties resulting from drone strikes and other covert operations."
• Trump Scraps Obama Order to Report Intel-linked Civilian Deaths, VOA News, March 6. "President Donald Trump has tossed out an Obama executive order requiring intelligence agencies to report civilian deaths caused by operations in non-combat areas."
• 'This is pretty bad': Security experts definitely do not think Kushner's clearance process is normal by D. Parvaz and Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress, March 1. "Trump gave son-in-law Kushner a security clearance over staff objections. Here's what that means."