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Former N.S.A. Employee Pleads Guilty to Taking Classified Information

Government officials, who would speak of the classified details of the case only on condition of anonymity, said that Mr. Pho took the classified documents home to help him rewrite his resume. But he had installed on his home computer antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, a top Russian software company, and Russian hackers are believed to have exploited the software to steal the documents, the officials said.

It is not clear whether anyone at Kaspersky Lab was aware of the document theft. The company has acknowledged finding N.S.A. hacking software on a customer’s computer and removing it, but says the material was subsequently destroyed. It has denied that it works with Russian intelligence. Nghia H. Pho, a software developer for the intelligence agency, admitted taking secrets that Russian hackers then stole from his home computer.

Say it with socks – fashion’s latest must-have accessory

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The bottom half of your leg has never been so fashionable – as the The Chain reveals, the once-humble sock is having a moment

Phoebe Collings-James has Motherf£ck£r ones. Charlie Casely-Hayford’s are red. Ashley Williams packed a green Balenciaga pair alongside some Camden market tie-dye ones in her suitcase. The Chain’s influencers play a strong sock game. How do yours compare? If you feel like you’re lagging behind them, this is the season to catch up.

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Sen. Rob Portman is just one of the Republican hucksters on the tax bill: Brent Larkin

And not a very good one – he does not lie well. If it passes, I hope he has nightmares when he hears of those who die in Ohio and elsewhere because of his vote. With their Donald Trump Friends and Family Tax Bill, Sen. Rob Portman and his GOP cohorts have gone too far, scheming to pull off the biggest scam perpetuated on the middle class, writes Brent Larkin.

Mavis Staples: ‘All that progress we made – and now we have a liar in the White House’

For this month’s instalment, the singer – whose career spans the protest music of the 60s to Arcade Fire and Gorillaz – talks about the records that shaped her life and politics, from Mahalia Jackson and Dylan to Curtis Mayfield and her beloved friend Prince

In a hotel room in Detroit, a 78-year-old woman is rasping down the phone. She can’t quite hear every word I say, as she spent last night in a loud theatre with her old boyfriend, Bob: “We talk about old times.” Bob is Bob Dylan; Mavis Staples supported him on his most recent American tour.

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