Ex-FBI Analyst Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Retaining Classified Documents

Former FBI analyst Kendra Kingsbury was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for violating the Espionage Act by improperly removing and unlawfully taking home about 386 classified documents to her personal residence.
Kingsbury held a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance and had access to national defense and classified information during her 12-year tenure at the FBI.
Some of the documents were classified at the SECRET level and revealed sensitive intelligence sources and methods related to U.S. counterterrorism and counterintelligence efforts.
The FBI investigated Kingsbury's use of the classified documents but could not determine the reason for suspicious calls she made to individuals associated with counterterrorism investigations.
Kingsbury's case is similar to the charges against former President Donald Trump for unlawfully retaining national defense secrets.