Posted on 06/10/2017 7:11:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
To maintain the security of our homeland, our federal government depends on the services of contractors who work with our intelligence agencies. It is imperative that these contractors employ individuals of high character and integrity for their mission is so important to the security of our nation. Sadly, one such contractor in Augusta, Georgia, Pluribus International Corporation, made a terrible mistake when it hired an unstable 25-year old woman who legally changed her name to Reality Leigh Winner.
Ms. Winner was arrested last weekend for illegally removing a top secret report from a secure government facility and sending it to an Internet based news outlet, The Intercept, which published the material. The National Security Agency document detailed attempts by Russian hackers to compromise U.S. voting software in states across the nation prior to the November 8, 2016 presidential election.
For these alleged activities, Winner was officially charged with leaking classified U.S. documents. If convicted, Winner, who pleaded not guilty, faces a potential sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
After her arrest, some disturbing information has been uncovered about Ms. Winner. On her voluminous social media posts, Ms. Winner made it very clear that she is a hardcore liberal and hates Donald Trump. In fact, she referred to our President as a “c..nt,” a “piece of sh..,” and a “soulless ginger orangutan” not exactly the best way to refer to her boss. In contrast, she liked the Facebook pages of liberal icons such as Bill Maher and Michael Moore and was a strong supporter of the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
Prosecutors also announced that they retrieved a journal from Winner’s home and discovered some very unsettling contents. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari, Winner declared her intention to “burn the White House Down…find somewhere in Kurdistan to live.” To make matters even worse, she pledged allegiance to the terrorist group, the Taliban and expressed support for Osama Bin Laden.
In a hearing yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Epps was also alerted that Winner may have illegally accessed top secret information before her tenure with Pluribus. While she was in the U.S. Air Force, Winner inserted a portable hard drive into a top secret computer. Regrettably, authorities have not been able to locate the hard drive or the information that was downloaded.
The case against Winner became even stronger when prosecutors outlined to the judge what Winner said in recorded phone calls from prison. She admitted to her mother that she “screwed up” and coached her to tell the media that she was “scared” and “play up that angle.”
She told her sister that she would receive favorable treatment at a bond hearing because she would “play that card: being pretty, white and cute, braid my hair and cry.” Her strategy was quite ironic since Winner had previously claimed on Facebook that “being white is terrorism.”
Fortunately, Winner’s outrageous plans did not work out in her favor. Prosecutors successfully argued that Winner was a flight risk if she was released. Judge Epps denied her bond and ordered Winner to remain behind bars until her trial. Epps said that her notebook comments “whether that’s a jest or not, it still concerns me.”
These new developments show that Winner was likely guilty of espionage and possibly other crimes. There is no doubt that she illegally shared classified information with a news site. She holds views that are clearly anti-American and she definitely hates the Commander-in-Chief. A person with such a mindset should never have been hired by any contractor working with the National Security Agency and never been anywhere near top secret information.
This entire episode raises plenty of questions about the hiring process for contractors that have access to classified and top secret information. Only patriotic individuals of highest character and integrity should be hired for these positions, not a youngster who shared a variety of violent and radical views online.
This sad case illustrates why the nation is dealing with so many intelligence leaks to the media. Our government has been compromised by the current arrangement with private contractors. It is obvious that the background checks need to be seriously upgraded. In the future, no one like Reality Winner should ever be given such close access to our nation’s most sensitive information.
If Hillary had won, Reality likely would have been appointed National Security Advisor
Hillary Rotten Clinton was not arrested, although she should have been
She can change her name to “Reality Loser” — it fits.
A name like “Reality Winner” should be for a race horse.
She seems quite the lone wolf. No mention of friends, fiance, boyfriend etc. She’s just thete, little old Reality...
25 ain’t much different than the age of Manning or Snowden both of whom went into the jobs with full intent of stealing documents. They weren’t whistleblowers in the conventional sense of stumbling across something (or being asked to do something) while in the course of their assigned tasks. They deliberately hacked for documents, stole them, and distributed them.
Hahaha. Traitor. Too bad the taxpayers can’t save some money and hang her.
I've been wondering how she came by that ridiculous name. Now I know, and it figures. Chick is mentally disturbed.
A month on an apple cider vinegar diet can change all that.
Is that the company she worked for, or the one that did her background check?
Me either....want to know who she’s working for...er...was working for
“A person with such a mindset should never have been hired by any contractor working with the National Security Agency and never been anywhere near top secret information. “
Those who blame the Contractor expose their abject ignorance.
It was the US government that gave her the clearance after an SBI.
The Contractor is not tasked with any element of the clearance process and is, in fact, precluded from making ANY of the relevant inquiries.
Good start. Now lets put the rest of the leakers in prison as well. Then it is time to indict Hillary and her entire cabal.
“I notice liberals are not exactly rallying to her defense”.
No, they aren’t. I’d bet she is using back channels asking for their help, though. Tough.
“Terminate dealings with Pluribus International Corporation, and investigate them too”.
Damned right.
“A month on an apple cider vinegar diet can change all that”.
That’s right. It works for me.
Ping.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on the public to support Winner,[13] offering a $10,000 reward for information about a reporter for The Intercept who had allegedly disclosed helped the U.S. government identify Winner as the leaker.[24] Assange wrote on Twitter that "Winner is no Clapper or Petraeus with 'elite immunity'. She's a young woman against the wall for talking to the press."[25]
On June 8, 2017, Winner pleaded not guilty to "willful retention and transmission of national defense information," and was denied bail. A reference in a jailhouse phone call to her parents made reference to plural “documents” suggesting to authorities Winner may be involved in other leaks of classified information. Prosecutors allege she told her mother she “screwed up” and also that she smuggled out a flash drive she attached to a top secret computer while serving in the Air Force as a “test run.” [26]
"...an unstable 25-year old woman who legally changed her name to Reality Leigh Winner."
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James “Efrem Dissemblist Jr” Comey
ha ha ha...
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