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08-25-2018, 10:14 AM
Former government contractor Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for leaking to the media a top-secret report about Russian hacking attempts. Winner, 26, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Augusta, Georgia, after pleading guilty in June to transmitting national security information, report AJC.com (https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/reality-winner-receives-record-setting-prison-sentence/JqVlMEhB1bw5moeU27j53N/), the New York Times (https://nyti.ms/2o3vk3e) and the Associated Press (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/reality-winner-sentencing-russia-hacking-report-794330). Winner was arrested (http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/government_contractor_employee_is_charged_with_lea king_information_about_ru) in June 2017 after the Intercept published a story about an intelligence report detailing Russian hacking attempts that targeted local election officials.
The penalty is the longest sentence ever for an unauthorized disclosure of national defense information to the media, according to a statement (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdga/pr/statement-us-attorney-bobby-l-christine-regarding-sentencing-reality-winner) by U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine of the Southern District of Georgia.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/reality_winner_given_record_federal_sentence_for_m edia_leak/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_email
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The penalty is the longest sentence ever for an unauthorized disclosure of national defense information to the media, according to a statement (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdga/pr/statement-us-attorney-bobby-l-christine-regarding-sentencing-reality-winner) by U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine of the Southern District of Georgia.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/reality_winner_given_record_federal_sentence_for_m edia_leak/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_email
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