[ISN] FBI legal technician pleads guilty to unlawfully accessing the FBI's computer system

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    FEBRUARY 26, 2004
    
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of 
    the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard of the 
    District of Columbia announced today that Narissa Smalls, a legal 
    technician in FBI Headquarters, was sentenced to 12 months in prison 
    today on charges stemming from her unlawful access of the FBI's 
    Automated Case Support (ACS) computer system. 
    
    Smalls, sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Court Judge Gladys 
    Kessler of the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty to the felony 
    charges in December 2003 and resigned from the FBI as part of her plea 
    agreement. 
    
    Smalls was assigned to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Unit 
    in FBI Headquarters, and her duties included searching ACS for 
    information in response to FOIA requests and for other administrative 
    purposes. Smalls admitted that between September 2002 and November 
    2002, she conducted several searches in ACS for information regarding 
    individuals who were subjects of ongoing drug investigations in the 
    FBI's Washington Field Office. In one instance, she printed out the 
    information and took it to her residence. Smalls admitted she then 
    shared the results of her ACS searches with individuals who were 
    associated with the subjects of the FBI's drug investigations. 
    
    The case was investigated by the Department of Justice, Office of the 
    Inspector General, and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Acting 
    Deputy Chief Raymond Hulser and Trial Attorney Sabrina Houlton of the 
    Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice, 
    headed by Section Chief Noel Hillman, with assistance from the United 
    States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. 
    
    
    
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