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Former U.S. worker charged with security breach

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A former State Department worker has been charged with a breach of national security for allegedly keeping documents he was not authorized to retain after resigning his position, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia said.

The FBI and federal prosecutors allege that Samuel Karmilowicz, 47, of Fairfax, Va., kept 10 documents after he resigned in December 2005. The documents allegedly found in his possession in June 2007 in Wayne, where he was living at the time, are listed in the indictment, announced Wednesday, as involving Quito, Manila, Tel Aviv, and Jidda, Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Patricia Hartman declined comment on the seriousness of the security breach. Authorities say the defendant faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

Messages left after business hours yesterday for federal public defenders Shawn Nolan and Falicia Sarner and for Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas M. Zaleski were not immediately returned. Karmilowicz does not have a listed home phone number.

- AP

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