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He also was fined $10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors say Orr was a former civilian employee with the Air Force Research Laboratory in New York who worked on a computer network used to control military satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors say he lost his top secret clearance because of poor work performance and odd behavior, resigned in 2011 but kept some restricted training materials. 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