Booz Allen Falls After Employee Intel Leak: Washington Mover

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Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. fell 2.6 percent after Edward Snowden, an employee, revealed a top-secret U.S. electronic surveillance program.

Booz Allen, a government consultant majority owned by the Washington-based private-equity firm Carlyle Group LP, closed at $17.54 in New York trading, on volume more than four times the three-month average. They earlier declined as much as 5 percent, the biggest intraday drop since Jan. 30.