'Bitter,' 'Angry,' 'Enraged': Reality Winner Blasts the Intercept After 4 Years in Jail

[demmiblue]

After years locked away for leaking classified information on Russian interference, the former NSA contractor has a lot to say about how she got there

One of the first things Reality Winner did when she was released from federal prison in June was start building a paddock for a horse named Trouble, and a small shed for her gym equipment beside it.

Winner, a former NSA contractor, was training for a powerlifting competition when she was arrested in June 2017, accused of leaking classified information to The Intercept. When the FBI showed up at her house that day, her main preoccupation was getting her perishable groceries into the fridge and figuring out who would feed her cat and foster dog if she came in for questioning. She hadn’t processed the fact that, not only would she miss the competition, she wouldn’t go home for years.

Inside the shed, where she spends most of her time these days, she’s got three hundred pounds of bumper plates, dumbbells, barbells, a kettlebell, pull-up bars, gymnastics rings, a nine-foot steel rig for doing squats and bench presses, a jump box, a rowing machine and stationary bike, all gifted by friends and supporters ahead of her release. Between reps, she’ll run out and give Trouble a scratch on his nose.

“I built my workout shed right by the side of his pasture, so he’s always creeping by,” Winner says. “It’s one of those moments where it’s, like, I’m doing deadlifts and petting my horse between sets? My life is perfect right now.”

‘Perfect’ is a relative term coming from someone who has spent the last four years in federal prison. For the next three years, Winner, who had her court-mandated ankle monitor removed on Tuesday, will still be on probation, which means mandatory drug tests every two weeks, a 10 p.m. curfew, and securing permission from her probation officer for any overnight trip she’d like to take. (Getting that permission is not a given, either — Winner’s P.O. already turned down her request to run a half marathon in San Antonio next month because it would mean traveling outside the federal district where her case is located.)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/reality-winner-interview-prison-nsa-1261844/

[TigressDem]

1. So telling the Truth about Russian interference in elections in tRump's America was a crime.

Well, we can see how it might have looked bad on him.



He pardoned military who committed war crimes-murder, racketeers, drug dealers, people committing mail fraud and health care fraud
LIARS, MURDERS and THIEVES - fine to go, nothing to see here.

But TRUTH TELLERS? Lock them up.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump

[Joinfortmill]

2. She should write a book.

[TigressDem]

3. She should be pardoned by BIDEN

[SouthernDem4ever]

5. I agree with that

Pardon her.

[msfiddlestix]

12. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

Indeed, I missed reports of her release. I'm stunned that she had to wear ankle bracelets and she's on probation.

Yes, she at least be pardoned. at the minimum.

I wish the OP excerpted text specifically connected to the headline. I'd rec if it was done.

[Igel]

8. Here's the article.

https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/

The NSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence were both contacted for this article. Officials requested that we not publish or report on the top secret document and declined to comment on it. When informed that we intended to go ahead with this story, the NSA requested a number of redactions. The Intercept agreed to some of the redaction requests after determining that the disclosure of that material was not clearly in the public interest.

The report adds significant new detail to the picture that emerged from the unclassified intelligence assessment about Russian election meddling released by the Obama administration in January. The January assessment presented the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions but omitted many specifics, citing concerns about disclosing sensitive sources and methods. The assessment concluded with high confidence that the Kremlin ordered an extensive, multi-pronged propaganda effort “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.”

That review did not attempt to assess what effect the Russian efforts had on the election, despite the fact that “Russian intelligence obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple US state or local electoral boards.” According to the Department of Homeland Security, the assessment reported reassuringly, “the types of systems we observed Russian actors targeting or compromising are not involved in vote tallying.”

[msfiddlestix]

13. .....

the assessment reported reassuringly, “the types of systems we observed Russian actors targeting or compromising are not involved in vote tallying.”

Poppy Cock!!!!!

[live love laugh]

15. +1. Interference of any type is unacceptable.

[flying_wahini]

4. I hope she makes millions in a tell all book

[keithbvadu2]

6. Yet Trump's Jan 6 traitors got to go on vacation.

Yet Trump's Jan 6 traitors got to go on vacation.

[marble falls]

7. I'm thinking if one is going to martyr oneself, whinging about it is unseemly.

[live love laugh]

10. Are whistleblowing and martyrdom the same?

[marble falls]

11. No. The Beringer brothers didn't whinge. Col Vindman didn't whinge ...

... whistle blowing requires breaking a law to expose the wrong. It uses a courtroom for a venue to expose the wrong.

[msfiddlestix]

14. yeah. uh huh.