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So like Harold T. Martin who took 50 terabytes of data from the NSA because he was a data hoarder and was sentenced to nine years in prison?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_T._Martin

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> "Martin reportedly stole the information simply by walking out of his various secure workplaces with it in his possession"

"secure" eh?

"Secure" workplaces means that you have to have the appropriate clearances and background checks to be allowed in and out. I'm sure there are more secure workplaces, but the security of your average SCIF largely depends on the people allowed inside of it not being bad actors.

Outside of strip searches upon arrival and leaving I'm not sure how you could eliminate that risk.

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