(2018-08-25) Winner Gets More Than5 Years For Leaking Info About Russia Hacking Attempts

NSA contractor gets more than 5 years for leaking info about Russia hacking attempts

It was the sentence that prosecutors had recommended — the longest ever for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media — in the plea deal for Reality Winner, the Georgia woman at the center of the case

pleaded guilty in June to copying a classified report that detailed the Russian government's efforts to penetrate a Florida-based voting software supplier.

Authorities have never confirmed what exactly the report said, or identified the news organization that received it.

A former Air Force linguist who speaks Arabic and languages used in Afghanistan, including Farsi and Pashto, Winner had a top-secret security clearance while working for national security contractor Pluribus International at Fort Gordon in Georgia when she was charged.