>...and he'd probably be rotting in Florence ADX for the rest of his life To be fair, if he really was either in the sale of secrets and/or a turned agent work

>...and he'd probably be rotting in Florence ADX for the rest of his life To be fair, if he really was either in the sale of secrets and/or a turned agent working for the USG, one of two other possible considerations could be made: 1. They could've turned him to use him for catching the interested buyers. 2. Sent him off for "a wonderful retreat" in GITMO. I agree, the guy probably was a genuine hoarder. It isn't a stretch to go from hoarding tangible things (files, newspapers, etc.) to hoarding the intangible (computer files). Also, I do find it relatively suspicious that this guy worked in a prestigious security tools area of the NSA and the FBI easily "traced" the Twitter account to him. That part definitely sounds like, as you suggest, the Russians showing off - but, might I add, it also sounds like one of the other 5I's saying, "you bunch of eedjits, look here!", you know, because "allies aren't supposed to spy on allies".