Federal Grand Jury Indicts Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner

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But the secretive nature of her job didn't stop victor from speaking freely on politics and other topics on social media accounts accessible to anyone.

According to the criminal complaint, victor admitted to printing the document with the knowledge that it was classified information as well as mailing it to the news outlet. "She's, she's our victor". Her stepfather claims in this interview that Winner's a "patriot", but pledging support to a regime that regularly declares "death to America" and exposing top-secret material to serve one's own petty political passions are not the acts of patriots.

"She served her nation with distinguished honor". "I fear that they're going to make an example out of her".

"The focus tomorrow will not necessarily be on whether or not she committed the crime that she's been accused of the focus will be on one or two things, whether or not she is a flight risk, or whether or not we can do some things that will assure that she will show up for trial or court appearances when they are scheduled". The Intercept said some material was withheld at U.S. intelligence agencies' request because it wasn't "clearly in the public interest".

Fink set up the page Monday but it was temporarily shut down when some people complained it violated Go Fund Me's policies, she said.

Before her arrest, the Texas-raised linguist and Air Force veteran was also known as a yoga instructor and animal lover. "She would not, I can tell you that for certainty. She is scared that they won't let her out", mother Billie-Jean Davis said.

Warner did not directly address the classified intelligence report published Monday by The Intercept, an online news outlet.

The 25-year-old leaked the top-secret report to The Intercept, who subsequently published the classified material after victor allegedly sent it to the online news outlet by mail.

Reality Winner faces a detention hearing Thursday in federal court in Augusta, Georgia, so that a judge can determine whether to grant bond for the 25-year-old woman.

Victor received the Air Force Commendation Medal in 2016, which is for members who have "distinguished themselves by meritorious achievement and service". Because Winner mentioned "documents" ― rather than a single document ― investigators are now looking into whether she has other classified information, Solari said. She's never been in trouble with anyone or the law or anything.

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The Intercept has come under criticism in the last few days for exposing its anonymous source by showing the government a copy of the leaked report. David Perdue, R-Ga., after Trump nominated Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

And in an angry reply to a report that Trump said he wasn't hearing complaints about building the Dakota Access oil pipeline, victor wrote on Facebook: "I'm losing my mind".

The FBI said unauthorized disclosure of the secret document "could reasonably result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security", though the government has not alleged that victor sought to share the report with foreign agents.

As a contractor at an NSA facility in Augusta, Winner is among the 1.3 million people who have "top secret" security clearances.

The classified report alleged Russian hackers targeted a voter software company and more than 100 local election officials ahead of November's vote.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, denied the hacking and phishing allegations Tuesday, saying the Kremlin did not see "any evidence to prove this information is true".

Nichols said it was "premature" to discuss the merits of the government's case. In February, she began working for the National Security Agency contractor, Pluribus. Much is unknown, as the public is made to depend upon the potentially unreliable claims of government prosecutors, while victor is held in jail without any contact with the public.

"On or about May 24, 2017, a reporter for the News Outlet (the "Reporter") contacted another U.S. Government Agency affiliate with whom he has a prior relationship".

The Intercept's director of communications Vivian Siu told CNN the document was provided anonymously.

Information for this article was contributed by Jeff Horwitz and Jeff Martin of The Associated Press.

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