Federal contractor Leigh Winner arrested for sending classified

Trump and other Republican allies in Washington have made pursuing leakers one of their top priorities, but Winner is the first to face charges for releasing classified intelligence.

>Winner, of Augusta, Ga., is facing charges that she removed classified material from a government facility and mailed it to a news outlet. She was arrested on Saturday and appeared on the charge Monday.

>The announcement came shortly after The Intercept published a report based on a classified intelligence document showing Russian government hackers attempted to hack more than 100 local election officials before the November election.

>According to the report, Russian military intelligence sent the emails to local elections officials. They also attempted a cyberattack on at least one American voting software supplier.

>The Justice Department didn't confirm that Winner leaked the document to The Intercept, but the report stated the report received by the news outlet was dated May 5. The affidavit confirms the intelligence document was also dated on May 5.

>Winner worked for Pluribus International Corporation and was assigned to a government facility in Georgia. She's held a top secret classified security clearance since being hired on Feb. 13.

>She is accused of sending the classified document to a news outlet a few days after printing it off.

>The government was not aware Winner leaked the document until a news outlet contacted government officials for comment on an upcoming report based on a document they believed to be classified. After receiving and reviewing a copy of the document, the government began an investigation.

>"The U.S. Government Agency examined the document shared by the News Outlet and determined the pages of the intelligence reporting appeared to be folded and/or creased, suggesting they had been printed and hand-carried out of a secured space," the affidavit read.

>Winner was identified because she was one of six people who printed the document off of their computer. Of those six, she was the only one who had any email contact with a news outlet.

>"Winner further acknowledged that she was aware of the contents of the intelligence reporting and that she knew the contents of the reporting could be used to the injury of the United States and to the advantage of a foreign nation," the affidavit stated.

>"During that conversation, Winner admitted intentionally identifying and printing the classified intelligence reporting at issue despite not having a ‘need to know,' and with knowledge that the intelligence reporting was classified."

>Winner remains under investigation.

I'd like to lay my wiener in her if you know what I mean.

>>147295
She has quite the colorful Twitter history, it's amazing she passed the NSAs security clearance requirements

>>147358
>She has quite the colorful Twitter history, it's amazing she passed the NSAs security clearance requirements
It's called "being a patsy."

The 'memo' she leaked is called "bait".

>>147383
Exactly! They baited her with some bullshit Russian document with zero usable information. She was too stupid to realize this and now she just threw her life away. No one knows of her and she's gonna be forgotten before the week is over, meaning no outlash like that tranny faggot Chelsea Manning. She's royally fucked. This is borderline treason. She's better off finding a way to kill herself.

>>147388
The Republicans commit treason every day they allow Trump to remain in office and nobody seems to mind.

>>147414
Why do liberals just use whatever words they feel like?

You know "treason" means something, right?

What you meant to say is "republicans are bad."

>>147414
>Supporting the President is Treason
Borderline retarded comment