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Reality Winner Pleads Guilty to Leaking NSA Election Hacking Data

posted by takyon on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the reality-check dept.

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Reality Winner pleads guilty to leaking NSA election hacking data

Reality Winner was expected to plead guilty to leaking NSA data, and she's done just that. The whistleblower has officially pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful retention and dissemination of national defense information. Sentencing will have to wait, but the felony carries a maximum penalty of 63 months (5.25 years) with up to three years of supervised release.

Winner faced the charge after giving The Intercept NSA documents that showed Russia's military intelligence wing, the GRU, attempting to hijack the computers of 122 local election officials ahead of the 2016 American vote. The NSA had determined that Russia wanted to collect information about election-related hardware and software in what could have been a precursor to manipulating the vote itself.

Previously: Feds Arrest NSA Contractor in Leak of Top Secret Russia Document
Reality Winner NSA Leak Details Revealed by Court Transcript

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:15AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:15AM (#699588)

    with Manning.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:17AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:17AM (#699589) Journal

    It's a little late for that. Unless there's a reverse pardon/commutation power I haven't heard about. Plus Chelsea Manning was in a military prison, not federal.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by SanityCheck on Thursday June 28 2018, @04:42AM (2 children)

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Thursday June 28 2018, @04:42AM (#699663)

    She is an aspiring man. Soon the Left will embrace her, and run her for senate.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @08:13AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @08:13AM (#699719)

      What's troll about this? There is a good chance the Left will embrace her, and running for office is given.

      • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 29 2018, @09:08PM

        by SanityCheck (5190) on Friday June 29 2018, @09:08PM (#700353)

        The truth is a troll to certain segment of the population, as it creates an overwhelming emotional response.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday June 28 2018, @05:43AM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday June 28 2018, @05:43AM (#699679) Homepage Journal

    Have you seen her pictures?

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by oldmac31310 on Thursday June 28 2018, @04:19PM (1 child)

      by oldmac31310 (4521) on Thursday June 28 2018, @04:19PM (#699870)

      She won reality, apparently.

      • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 29 2018, @09:16PM

        by SanityCheck (5190) on Friday June 29 2018, @09:16PM (#700360)

        Then we find out "Reality" is actually her middle name, her first name is "Not".