An outside partner of the NSA is charged by prosecutors of the USA, that he was collecting dozens of government hard drives data from the service for over two decades.
The NSA's foreign intelligence partner, Mr. Harold T. Martin III, is also charged with the theft thousands of highly classified documents, computers and other storage devices during his time with the agency. 
At present it is not known exactly what Martin was supposed to have stolen, but a publication by them New York Times on Wednesday reports that the hacking tools recently leaked and used by the agency to conduct surveillance were among the stolen file caches.
Prosecutors accused Martin on Friday of violating the law on espionage. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years of imprisonment for each category.
The categories, (reported for the first time by The Washington Post), outline a much deeper and more serious case than a felony of simple theft or a misdemeanor of removing and retaining classified information.
According to the Post, citing a note from U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, the NSA external partner is "a high risk to flights, a risk to the nation, and to the physical integrity of others."
The note said that if he was released, he would "have access to important high-quality information, which he could easily pass on to others".
Until today, there has been no official announcement from the state to drop more light in the case of the breach of the largest US intelligence agency.
