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The affidavits also pointed to discussions between Albury and a co-worker in 2015 in which they weighed reporting what they said was an inappropriate e-mail sent by another colleague.

During the discussion, the affidavit read, Albury wrote in an e-mail that "if [the Office of Professional Responsibility] does not respond, let me go on record and say i will contact the press."

"While the co-worker's e-mail is unrelated to the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents to the News Outlet, the exchange of these messages shows that Albury had considered disclosing internal FBI information to the media," according to the affidavit.

The lessons learned from this catastrophic -for the source- leak:

• Start thinking of good op-sec before you think of leaking.
• Computer access gets logged. Do not leave any suspicious (log) trace at your workplace (or anywhere else).
• Do not provide any trace from your immediate workplace or any personal metadata with the leaked material.

And last but certainly not least:

• Do not trust The Intercept.

A vegan in France who posted a Facebook message offering "zero sympathy" for a butcher killed by an Islamist militant during an attack last week has been arrested and could face prison for the remarks, police and prosecutors said.

The vegan was due to go before a judge on a charge of condoning terrorism on Thursday, two days after a left-wing activist received a one-year suspended sentence for hailing the death of another victim of the same attack, gendarme Arnaud Beltrame.

Condoning terrorism carries a maximum jail sentence of five years and a fine of 75,000 euros ($92,000).

A military source told SANA that the army found three depots containing chemicals and equipment for the manufacture of ammunition left by the remnants of Daesh in the village of Mehkan, 10 km to the north of al- Mayadeen city.

An depot of chemical materials found in Deir Ezzor

One of the army's personnel who participated in the sweeping operations told SANA that large quantities of chlorine and silver nitrates, which are used in chemical manufacturing, were found in one of the depots, adding that other depots included large amounts of coal and highly flammable sticky materials all of which are used in the manufacture of explosives, bombs, explosive belts and shells of all kinds, including toxic ones.

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