Her Leaks Exposed Global Financial Corruption. Now She Is In Prison.

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Natalie “May” Edwards has made a pact with her 16-year-old daughter: Every night before bed for the next six months, each will say a quiet prayer at the exact same time. Her daughter will be doing so from home in Virginia. Edwards will be doing so from a women’s federal prison in West Virginia.

“I am emotionally prepared as far as entering the facility and meeting the other people,” Edwards, 43, told BuzzFeed News in an interview on Thursday evening. “I am not emotionally prepared for being separated from my daughter and my husband and my immediate family.”

A former Treasury Department official, Edwards — whose decision to leak a trove of highly confidential government documents to BuzzFeed News prompted a massive investigation that exposed how dirty money moves through the global banking system and helped spur legislative action in the US and beyond — reported to Federal Prison Camp, Alderson, on Friday morning to begin her six-month sentence. The minimum-security prison is where Martha Stewart and Billie Holiday both served time.

The information she provided to BuzzFeed News formed the basis of the FinCEN Files, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor.

But many across the US are not familiar with Edwards. Labeling her “the forgotten whistleblower,” the Washington Post described her in July as “one of the most important whistleblowers of our era, and yet hardly anyone remembers her name.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/her-leaks-exposed-global-financial-182654952.html

[Champp]

1. k and r

Ms. Edwards

[superpatriotman]

2. Here's how prosecutor's framed it:

“It was the defendant who aided potential money launderers, terrorist financing networks, and other criminal actors by publicly disclosing the sensitive government analyses meant to assist in the detection and tracking of their conduct,” prosecutors wrote. “Blinded by her own apparent sense of self-righteousness, the defendant remains unwilling to acknowledge the gravity of what she did.”

So HER fault. Not the fault of the banks or criminals.


But here's the real deal...

"Mazur, the former federal special agent and money laundering expert, says there are a “mosaic” of reasons why US authorities let the money keep running, but one of them may just be that it finds its way into too many pockets.

“Even if it’s bad wealth, it buys buildings,” he said. “It puts money into bank accounts. It enriches the nation.”

This world is so scumbag.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. And another hero who revealed the truth is silenced. Had not heard of her before this. MSM??

[harumph]

4. The wages of righteousness in this world.

[FelineOverlord]

5. Jason Leopold and BuzzFeed News are feeling really bad about this

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[druidity33]

6. yeah... i'll bet.

Though i appreciate the address. Might send her a nice card.

[cinematicdiversions]

7. This is an amazing story that needs much more exposure. NT

[Carlitos Brigante]

8. K&Fuckin'R

[liberalla]

9. K & R

[BSdetect]

10. The prosecution's "framing" seems to be subjective - where is the protection for whistleblowers