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Witting
Knew the rules. Broke them on purpose.
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ITT-001EXHIBIT · EVIDENCEWitting
THE MOLE INSIDE THE MOLE HUNT
Nobody Read the Logs
PLEADED GUILTY · LIFE ITT-003ILLUSTRATIVEWittingA FOREIGN GOVERNMENT · A PLATFORM INSIDER · THE DISSIDENTS' DATA
The Watch from London
CONVICTED · VENUE REMAND (SCOTUS 2026) ITT-004ILLUSTRATIVEWittingNINE YEARS IN PLAIN SIGHT
Paid in Cash
PLEADED GUILTY · LIFE ITT-005ILLUSTRATIVEWittingTHE MAN WHO MAINTAINED THE MACHINES
Trusted to Fix It
PLEADED GUILTY · 15 YEARS ITT-007ILLUSTRATIVEWittingONE REPORT · ONE ENVELOPE · 63 MONTHS
The Drive They Never Found
PLEADED GUILTY · 63 MONTHS ITT-008ILLUSTRATIVEWittingBREACH · RANSOM · FAKE LEAK · $4 BILLION
The Whistleblower Was the Hacker
PLEADED GUILTY · 6 YEARSFact sheets
- Robert Hanssen (FBI) · Sentenced to life without parole (May 10, 2002). Deceased (June 5, 2023), per FBI.…
- Aldrich Ames (CIA) · Pleaded guilty April 28, 1994. Sentenced to incarceration for life without the possibility of parole, per FBI.…
- Chelsea Manning (U.S. Army) · Court-martial sentence: 35 years (Aug 21, 2013). Prison sentence commuted to expire May 17, 2017 (grant of Jan…
- Edward Snowden (NSA contractor / former CIA) · Civil: final judgment and permanent injunction (Sept 29, 2020). Criminal: DOJ referenced "criminal charges bro…
- Jack Teixeira (Massachusetts Air National Guard) · Sentenced to 15 years in prison plus 3 years' supervised release (Nov 12, 2024). No appeal found in the docket…
- Reality Winner (NSA contractor) · Sentenced to 63 months plus 3 years' supervised release (Aug 23, 2018). Judgment, S.D. Ga. No. 1:17-cr-00034.…
- Xiaorong (Shannon) You (Coca-Cola / Eastman) · Convictions affirmed (6th Cir., July 11, 2023). Resentenced Sept 16, 2024; press reports the same 168-month te…
- Ahmad Abouammo (Twitter / Saudi Arabia) · Convicted 2022. Resentenced June 26, 2025 to time served plus 2 years' supervised release (amended judgment Ju…
- Anthony Levandowski (Google/Waymo → Uber) · Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 18 months (Aug 4, 2020). Granted a pardon on Jan 19, 2021 (DOJ Office of the Pard…
- Paige Thompson (Capital One / AWS) · Convicted June 17, 2022. Original sentence vacated (9th Cir., Mar 17, 2025). Resentenced Oct 29, 2025: time se…
- Nickolas Sharp ("Company-1", per DOJ) · Pleaded guilty (Feb 2, 2023). Sentenced to six years in prison, 3 years' supervised release and $1,590,487 res…
- Tesla, Inc. v. Martin Tripp (civil) · CIVIL, closed. Stipulated judgment Nov 30, 2020 (ECF 235): Tesla recovers $400,000 in damages under a settleme…