Former NSA agent sentenced to 22 years for attempted espionage
DENVER (KDVR) — A former National Security Agency employee was sentenced Monday to 22 years in federal prison for trying to give classified information to someone he thought was a Russian agent, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, pleaded guilty in late 2023. He was employed as an NSA agent from June 6 to July 1, 2022.
Dalke admitted in court documents that between August and September of 2022, he used an encrypted email to send excerpts of several classified documents to someone he thought was a Russian agent. That person turned out to be a covert FBI agent.
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Dalke also admitted that he promised to send more valuable info once he got back to Washington. At the time, he lived in Colorado Springs. He asked for $85,000 in return for all of the information that he had, according to the release.
He later arranged to transfer the information to the supposed Russian agent at Union Station in Denver. This happened on September 28, 2023, according to the release.
He shared five files, four of which had classified information and a fifth that said he was happy to finally be able to share the information with the agent.
“I look forward to our friendship and shared benefit. Please let me know if there are desired documents to find and I will try when I return to my main office,” the document said, according to the release.
Dalke was arrested moments after he transmitted the files.
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