Federal contractor Reality Winner faces charges of mishandling classified information after she allegedly leaked “Top Secret” information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to an online news outlet. The news outlet is presumably The Intercept, which ran an article on Monday about how the Russians unsuccessfully attempted to manipulate the vote totals through hacking. Winner was arrested on Saturday and appeared in federal court on Monday.
Here are five things you need to know about Winner.
1. Winner tweeted her solidarity with the Iranian regime.
Winner is standing with a regime that is the world’s largest state-sponsor of terror and and imprisons Iranians with a terrifying, suffocating iron grip.
2. Her social media accounts suggest that she’s a crazy leftist. These include:
- Referring to Trump as a “c*nt” and “orange fascist.”
- Standing with the Dakota Pipeline protesters.
- Liking the Facebook pages for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Media Matters.
There’s a lot more documented here and here.
3. Winner is an Air Force veteran. She served in the Air Force for six years, where she worked as a linguist who spoke Farsi, Pashto and Dari.
4. Winner worked for Pluribus International Corporation as a federal contractor to the NSA, which is how she received a security clearance.. She also worked as a yoga instructor in Georgia.
5. Winner faces up to 10 years in prison.