Judge hits ‘treasonous’ ex-NSA worker with 21-year sentence for trying to sell secrets to Russia: ‘A betrayal’ [Video]

A federal judge laced into an ex-National Security Agency worker who admitted to attempting to sell classified secrets to Russia, sentencing the “treasonous” former U.S. intelligence employee to 21 years in prison. 

U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said he could have put Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, behind bars for even longer, calling the 262-month sentence “mercy” for what he saw as a calculated action to take the job at the NSA in order to be able to sell national security secrets. The nearly 22-year sentence was the same as what prosecutors sought. 

“This was blatant. It was brazen and, in my mind, it was deliberate. It was a betrayal, and it was as close to treasonous as you can get,” Moore said, according to The Associated Press. 

According to court documents, Dalke, who worked at the …