With all sorts of current issues, I wouldn't be surprised if the poor guy was the fall guy. Heck, the guy was part of an elite team for NSA and at some point you have take your work home so you could finish it after dinner or over the weekend. Given the circumstances the story doesn't add up looking at it from software perspective to the least.

If he was the one (with full proof) trying to sell secrets then I won't blink twice.