Posted on 06/05/2017 3:44:45 PM PDT by Mariner
A 25-year-old federal contractor is facing charges she leaked a classified National Security Agency document to a news outlet in May.
The charges against Reality Leigh Winner came about an hour after the publication of a story based on an NSA document detailing Russian attempts to hack American voting systems in 2016.
President Trump has been pushing Justice to go after leakers inside the federal government, which he has identified as "the big story" when it comes to Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Winner's arrest could signal the federal government is going to aggressively investigate and prosecute individuals who send classified intelligence to news organizations.
Trump and other Republican allies in Washington have made pursuing leakers one of their top priorities, but Winner is the first to face charges for releasing classified intelligence.
Winner, of Augusta, Ga., is facing charges that she removed classified material from a government facility and mailed it to a news outlet. She was arrested on Saturday and appeared on the charge Monday.
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The Intercept. Published story today.
Creases in doc led to Perp as per twitter. Announcement came soon after publishing story
Ok Olivia.
Here’s more detail: From zerohedge http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-05/fbi-arrests-nsa-contractor-who-leaked-top-secret-russian-hacking-document-intercept:
The NSA document, reportedly dated May 5, analyzes recently acquired intelligence about “a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements of the U.S. election and voting infrastructure.” According to the Intercept, the report is “the most detailed U.S. government account of Russian interference in the election that has yet come to light. It is said to reveal that that Russian hacking may have penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than was previously understood” and “states unequivocally in its summary statement that it was Russian military intelligence, specifically the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, that conducted the cyber attacks described in the document.” This is what the document alleges.
My best guess: The admin produces multiple different versions of a totally false report and distributes each version to different suspected leakers. Version 1.The GRU did it 2. The Macedonians 3. Putin’s diabetic sister etc.
When the leaked report is published, the version that was leaked leads back to the leaker.
[“Reality” is a first name?]
And a harsh mistress.
She doesn’t look a day over 12. Why would a young person do something so wicked against their own country?
Are you trying to tell us that women are too damn dumb to be trusted with classified?
ROFL!!!
Time to stop digging ... you're at the bottom of a really deep hole.
FEMINISM DESTROYED FEMALES!
Exactly! Our government seems to be clueless.
That was the case I was referring to.
Apparently I was mistaken.
Has any news org/journalist ever been prosecuted for publishing classified info?
Now Now Children stop bickering
LOCK HER UP!
She should’ve been named ‘REALITY LOSER!’ WTF kind of name is ‘Reality’ and ‘Winner’. WTF? That’s a big red flag for NOT giving her a security clearance right there.
Put her in a cell with Hildebeeste.
WHOEVER HIRED HER NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!!
Ah. I see the upgraded TACAMO’s with their bigger engines whenever I’m down there. Mostly ‘13 and ‘14, IIRC. Of course, there were also KC-135 tankers up.
Toured Tinker’s outside museum. Not too bad.
Now, a Whataburger is closer, from what I hear. They moved from a location out in front of a church. I ate at that one back in ‘13.
I see some of that, “Russian phishing attacks” report confirmed by CBS, so once its leaked, it propagates.
I hope that you do not now hold, and never have held in the past, any clearance or access at any level.
It’s what she was taught in college.
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