NSA leaker who mailed doc outlining Russian hacking gets 5 years in prison
Reality Winner, the intelligence contractor who leaked to The Intercept and was quickly caught in June 2017 thanks to microdot printing, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Thursday. She had pleaded guilty on June 21 to a single count of unlawful retention and transmission of national defense information.
The information that Winner provided to The Intercept resulted in this June 5, 2017 news story: "Top-Secret NSA Report details Russian hacking effort days before 2016 election."
Previously: Feds Arrest NSA Contractor in Leak of Top Secret Russia Document
Reality Winner NSA Leak Details Revealed by Court Transcript
Reality Winner Pleads Guilty to Leaking NSA Election Hacking Data
(Score: 2, Troll) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 24 2018, @01:51AM (7 children)
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Assange's good buddies just happened to out the source of a leak that helped Clinton...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 24 2018, @02:00AM
Huh? I don't recall that Assange had anything to do with this chick being caught. She printed stuff on a "company" printer, which put those yellow dots on the printed sheet. When published, those tell-tale dots identified her. How does Assange figure into this?
(Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Friday August 24 2018, @02:02AM (4 children)
WikiLeaks Accuses The Intercept of Outing Alleged NSA Leaker [soylentnews.org]
FBI Whistleblower on Pierre Omidyar and His Campaign to Neuter Wikileaks [soylentnews.org]
The Intercept doesn't look like such a great buddy to WikiLeaks anymore. In fact, it doesn't look like it's such a great outlet for whistleblowers, period. Just send your shit to the New York Times, they've been doing this since the 70s.
Furthermore, the leak happened around June 2017, far too late to help Clinton. Presumably, Hillary Clinton's political career is over, or close to it.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @02:22AM (3 children)
The zombie bitch is still muttering obscenities about 2020 . . . someone needs to drive a stake through her heart. Oh wait - she has no heart.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @03:48AM (1 child)
Hmm, I wonder what exactly triggered you into a spamcrazy meltdown?
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:31AM
Probably because if you're a Republican, you hate Hillary.
If you're a Democrat, there's still a good chance you hate Hillary.
She appeals to both sides like that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:29PM
You forgot: Buttery males! Lock her up! Lock her up!
No need to thank me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:56PM
Why is this modded "interesting"?
I suppose the alternate reality you live in must be interesting.