Former NSA contractor Reality Winner is facing a decade behind bars. Are those who leak information to keep government accountable in more danger now?
The Justice Department announced charges yesterday against a federal intelligence contractor, Reality Leigh Winner, for allegedly leaking classified information about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election to an online media outlet, The Intercept. Her arrest and prosecution marks the first criminal leak case under President Trump.
With Monday’s charges, Trump is making good on his promise to snuff out the leakers, who he has previously described as “low-lives” who will pay a “big price.” His disdain runs so deep that he reportedly asked former FBI Director James Comey to consider imprisoning journalists who publish leaked information.
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