Compare and contrast your two choices in terms of their motivation, who received the classified information, why it was wanted, damage to the United States was there a security shortcoming.

It is critical for intelligence managers to understand those individuals who are
susceptible to commit espionage and act as foreign agents or spies.

Likewise, given the circumstances taking place today, intelligence managers must also understand individuals who are violating the Espionage Act but are identifying as a leaker and who do not fit the traditional profile of those who act as foreign agents.

Select a case where the subject was an agent of a foreign power and guilty of espionage or attempted espionage from the list of foreign agents below.

Then pick an individual charged with or guilty of leaking under the Espionage Act from the list of leakers.
Provide a brief account of what occurred in each case. Compare and
contrast your two choices in terms of their motivation, who received the classified information, why it was wanted, damage to the United States was there a security shortcoming, and why U.S. counterintelligence was successful or not successful.