- Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:16 am
#88943
Judge denies bail for accused NSA leaker after new details emerge
A federal judge ordered 25-year-old Reality Winner, who’s charged with leaking classified U.S. documents, to remain jailed until her trial after prosecutors argued she might possess more stolen government secrets. Prosecutors also suggested that the NSA contractor might try to flee the U.S. if released on bond. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and leg shackles, Winner pleaded not guilty in U.S. district court to charges that she illegally retained and transmitted national defense information. The federal crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if she’s convicted.
We don’t know how much more she knows and how much more she remembers. But we do know she’s very intelligent. So she’s got a lot of valuable information in her head.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari, speaking to the judge
Solari said investigators have learned Winner inserted a portable hard drive in a top-secret Air Force computer before she left the military last year, but authorities don’t know what happened to the drive or what was on it. She added that Winner’s laptop also contained software that could enable her to access online black markets and to buy items — such as a fake ID or passport — without revealing her identity or location. She had also made comments indicating that she would like to burn the White House down, which whether truthful or not, was of concern to the judge in the case.
Because my client is a millennial and she knows how to use technology, that’s somehow proof of evil intent. The government is scraping and clawing to build a mountain out of a molehill.
Titus Nichols, Winner’s defense attorney
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A federal judge ordered 25-year-old Reality Winner, who’s charged with leaking classified U.S. documents, to remain jailed until her trial after prosecutors argued she might possess more stolen government secrets. Prosecutors also suggested that the NSA contractor might try to flee the U.S. if released on bond. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and leg shackles, Winner pleaded not guilty in U.S. district court to charges that she illegally retained and transmitted national defense information. The federal crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if she’s convicted.
We don’t know how much more she knows and how much more she remembers. But we do know she’s very intelligent. So she’s got a lot of valuable information in her head.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari, speaking to the judge
Solari said investigators have learned Winner inserted a portable hard drive in a top-secret Air Force computer before she left the military last year, but authorities don’t know what happened to the drive or what was on it. She added that Winner’s laptop also contained software that could enable her to access online black markets and to buy items — such as a fake ID or passport — without revealing her identity or location. She had also made comments indicating that she would like to burn the White House down, which whether truthful or not, was of concern to the judge in the case.
Because my client is a millennial and she knows how to use technology, that’s somehow proof of evil intent. The government is scraping and clawing to build a mountain out of a molehill.
Titus Nichols, Winner’s defense attorney
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