> >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRM >THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 (202) 514-2007 >WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888 > > >FBI LEGAL TECHNICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO >UNLAWFULLY ACCESSING THE FBI'S COMPUTER SYSTEM > > WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray > of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard of the > District of Columbia announced today that Narissa Smalls, a legal > technician in FBI Headquarters, was sentenced to 12 months in prison > today on charges stemming from her unlawful access of the FBI's Automated > Case Support (ACS) computer system. > > Smalls, sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Court Judge > Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty to the felony > charges in December 2003 and resigned from the FBI as part of her plea > agreement. > > Smalls was assigned to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act > Unit in FBI Headquarters, and her duties included searching ACS for > information in response to FOIA requests and for other administrative > purposes. Smalls admitted that between September 2002 and November 2002, > she conducted several searches in ACS for information regarding > individuals who were subjects of ongoing drug investigations in the FBI's > Washington Field Office. In one instance, she printed out the > information and took it to her residence. Smalls admitted she then > shared the results of her ACS searches with individuals who were > associated with the subjects of the FBI's drug investigations. > > The case was investigated by the Department of Justice, Office of > the Inspector General, and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by > Acting Deputy Chief Raymond Hulser and Trial Attorney Sabrina Houlton of > the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice, > headed by Section Chief Noel Hillman, with assistance from the United > States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. > ># # # > >04-118 > _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
