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NSA Leaker Who Mailed Doc Outlining Russian Hacking Gets 5 Years in Prison

posted by takyon on Friday August 24 2018, @01:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the reality-checkmate dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

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

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Friday August 24 2018, @02:02AM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday August 24 2018, @02:02AM (#725543) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @02:22AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @02:22AM (#725555)

    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)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @03:48AM (#725598)

      Hmm, I wonder what exactly triggered you into a spamcrazy meltdown?

      • (Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:31AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:31AM (#725614)

        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

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @04:29PM (#725888)

      The zombie bitch is still muttering obscenities about 2020 . . . someone needs to drive a stake through her heart. Oh wait - she has no heart.

      You forgot: Buttery males! Lock her up! Lock her up!

      No need to thank me.