Reality Leigh Winner, the government contractor charged with leaking classified information, has been denied bail after it was revealed that she also downloaded classified information from a computer with a thumb drive. Nobody knows where the thumb drive is currently located.
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BREAKING: Alleged NSA leaker Reality Winner denied bail. Prosecution: she also download info from classified computer using thumb drive.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 8, 2017
More: The thumb drive was used while Winner was serving in the Air Force. The thumb drive has not been found.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 8, 2017
More: I'm denying bail, the judge said he was concerned about what Winner did with that thumb drive, saying: we don't know where it is.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 8, 2017
Judge said Reality Winner seems to have a fascination with the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. That concerned the judge.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 8, 2017
Further, Winner reportedly told her sister that she would play the "pretty, white, and cute" card to avoid getting in trouble for sharing "pretty important documents." She also said that she planned on "going nuclear" if she's denied bail, in order to receive similar treatment as Chelsea Manning.
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Reality Winner allegedly told her sister she released "kinda important documents" and that she was gonna play the "pretty, white, cute card"
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 8, 2017
Winner faces up to 10 years in prison. She's the first to be charged under the Espionage Act during Trump's presidency.
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