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brooklynite

(94,719 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:06 AM Jun 2017

Alleged NSA Leaker May Have Had Plans to Release More Classified Information

Source: NBC News

AUGUSTA, Georgia — The intelligence industry contractor accused of giving journalists a top-secret report about Russian interference in the U.S. election pleaded not guilty in court Thursday — as federal prosecutors suggested that she may have had plans to leak more classified information.

Reality Leigh Winner, a 25-year-old government contractor who was working with the National Security Agency, pleaded not guilty to one count of "willful retention and transmission of national defense information” during a detention hearing in Augusta, Georgia, Thursday afternoon.

Winner was denied bail Thursday afternoon pending trial. She said nothing as she was led away in shackles in an orange jumpsuit.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari said in court that Winner admitted she had leaked the top secret document "to a particular news agency she admired" — and said "she was underwhelmed with what Wikileaks had to offer."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alleged-nsa-leaker-may-have-had-plans-release-more-classified-n770081

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Alleged NSA Leaker May Have Had Plans to Release More Classified Information (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2017 OP
Shame that she trusted the Intercept and wasn't slick enough bettyellen Jun 2017 #1
THAT'S WHY GREENWALD and COMPANY RATTED HER alcibiades_mystery Jun 2017 #2
+1 Goprox Jun 2017 #4
Ouch Dopers_Greed Jun 2017 #5
+1000 Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #10
Classified Information Electron1 Jun 2017 #3
Two words atreides1 Jun 2017 #6
There's far too much material being incorrectly DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #7
Executive order 13526 melm00se Jun 2017 #9
We need to discover bluestarone Jun 2017 #8
 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
2. THAT'S WHY GREENWALD and COMPANY RATTED HER
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:40 AM
Jun 2017

She's very silly for providing a negative report on Russia to a Russian intelligence asset.

Electron1

(5 posts)
3. Classified Information
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 01:38 AM
Jun 2017

What I find interesting is the amount of non-military info that is being "Classified" for no other reason than to keep United States Citizens from being informed. Can an attorney explain to us what gives our government the authority to classify non-military info?

atreides1

(16,093 posts)
6. Two words
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 05:16 AM
Jun 2017

National Security!

At least that's what the government will always claim, especially when releasing such information embarrasses the government!

DeminPennswoods

(15,290 posts)
7. There's far too much material being incorrectly
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:57 AM
Jun 2017

labeled as classified. This has been identified as a problem many times by the federal gov't itself. What Ms Winner released exposed no sources or methods and seemed actually quite bland, but, of course contained useful information that Americans should have known.

If I to take a guess, I'd guess probably only about 10% of the info carrying a classified lable (from confidential to top secret) actually is stuff that should be and/or needs to be classified.

bluestarone

(17,026 posts)
8. We need to discover
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 08:31 AM
Jun 2017

A way to get our government to show cause when they decide to classify material one way or another! (GOOD LUCK ON THAT RIGHT?)

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