Pretty dumb
Another reply beat me to it with the perfect summary -- "Epic chutzpah." He must have thought the NSA was used to just throwing money into the fireplace on contractors and would never check...I'm actually surprised they did, but it goes to show you what's possible. To think you could get away with this when the country's largest surveillance arm is involved is amusing...if you were doing top-secret work that required you to work in a secure facility, shouldn't you assume you're being watched every second you're there?
The defense contractors employing this guy are the ones cleaning up though...and I hate this about all contracting firms. Why are they getting 100+% margin just for having access to the work? Contractors working directly with the agency/company would save tons of useless overhead.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
