AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman who leaked a secret report on Russian hacking of U.S. voting systems could get a tough sentence.
Reality Winner was preparing to face a judge Thursday in Augusta, Georgia.
Prosecutors recommended five years and three months, which would be the longest sentence ever given for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media.
The 26-year-old former National Security Agency contractor pleaded guilty in June to copying a classified U.S. report and mailing it to an unidentified news organization.
Her arrest was announced the same day The Intercept reported on a secret NSA document. It detailed Russian government efforts to penetrate a Florida-based supplier of voting software and the accounts of election officials ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
U.S. intelligence agencies later confirmed Russian meddling.
We can’t have the truth getting out! This administration has had over $120 million available to fight cyber interference in our elections and hasn’t spent a dime of it since 2016. The girl deserves a medal.
If I-1 wants to pardon someone… (ijs)
And yeah, she deserves a medal!
'Merican justice, shoot the messenger…yea, some jail time but not max+.
Here’s a better representation of who she is:
And yes, she’s a veteran, recipient of the Air Force Commendation Medal.
What the government is doing to her, and people like her, is sickening.