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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday September 28 2017, @09:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-were-her-parents-thinking? dept.

Reality Winner, a former NSA contractor accused of leaking a document to The Intercept, has had her interrogation by the FBI detailed in a transcript filed by federal prosecutors:

A National Security Agency contractor accused of leaking a classified report on Russian hacking aimed at the 2016 election told FBI agents she smuggled the document out of a high security intelligence facility in her pantyhose. That and other details appear in a transcript federal prosecutors filed in court Wednesday detailing the interrogation of 25-year-old linguist Reality Winner by the FBI as they carried out a search warrant at her home in June.

[...] Winner appears to say she believed the contents of the report — which described Russian spearfishing cyberattacks aimed at U.S. voter registration databases — should be in the public debate. "I saw the article and was like, I don't understand why this isn't a thing," she said. "It made me very mad ... I guess I just didn't care about myself at that point. ... Yeah, I screwed up royally."

[...] The transcript hints at possible political motivations for the leak. Winner says she objected to her workplace tuning the TV to Fox News. She also had a signed photo of CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper, although she said the signature was fake. "I wasn't trying to be a Snowden or anything," Winner said, referring to NSA leaker Edward Snowden and his massive disclosures of details on U.S. government surveillance. "I guess it's just been hard at work because ... I've filed formal complaint about them having Fox News on, you know? Uh, at least, for God's sake, put Al Jazeera on, or a slideshow with people's pets. I've tried anything to get that changed." Despite Winner's statement to the FBI agents, prosecutors say that in a Facebook chat in March with her sister, Winner said she was on the "side" of both Snowden and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

On pages 4-5 of the transcript, the FBI agents discuss letting Reality Winner (RW) put groceries in her fridge and leash up her dog. Do they teach them that technique at the Academy?

Previously: Feds Arrest NSA Contractor in Leak of Top Secret Russia Document


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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday September 28 2017, @10:31PM (4 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Thursday September 28 2017, @10:31PM (#574560) Journal

    Can we start putting [which is a person's name] after her name?

    It is her REAL birth name.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4583088/How-Reality-Winner-got-unusual-name.html [dailymail.co.uk]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @01:12AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @01:12AM (#574603)

    The last name was originally "Winnings". The first name was something totally bland and normal that I forget, starting with "R". She thus kept her initials.

    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday September 29 2017, @04:25AM (1 child)

      by frojack (1554) on Friday September 29 2017, @04:25AM (#574654) Journal

      Read the link AC.

      Her father, who's name was Ronald Winner named her.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @06:59PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @06:59PM (#574992)

        Currently, her mother and stepfather are saying that this was her birth name. Should be believe that? Earlier articles disagree.

        I could see wanting to pretend either way due to embarrassment.

        In any case, she or a parent is really weird. That person's mental health might be questionable.

  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Friday September 29 2017, @04:20PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Friday September 29 2017, @04:20PM (#574896) Homepage

    Yes, but it doesn't look like one. Unless you've heard of her before, the headline borders on the nonsensical.

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