[Vision2020] 8-15-18 Washington Times: Reality Winner faces 'longest sentence' ever for federal crime involving media leaks

[Ted Moffett]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/15/reality-winner-faces-longest-sentence-ever-federal/
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Reality Winner faces 'longest sentence' ever for federal crime involving
media leaks
By Ross Bynum - Associated Press - Wednesday, August 15, 2018

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia woman who mailed a secret U.S. report to a news
organization faces the “longest sentence” ever behind bars for a federal
crime involving leaks to the news media, prosecutors said in a court filing.

Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner, 26, is scheduled
to be sentenced Aug. 23 by a U.S. District Court judge in Augusta. She
pleaded guilty in June to a single count of transmitting national security
information when she worked as a translator at an NSA
<https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-security-agency/> facility
in Augusta.

Winner’s plea deal with prosecutors calls for imprisonment of five years
and three months. But the sentencing judge isn’t bound by that agreement.
Winner’s crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years.

The Trump administration has made prosecuting government employees who leak
sensitive information to the media a high priority, and Attorney General
Jeff Sessions pledged to clamp down on leaks last year.

In a court filing Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Winner’s case said the
63-month sentence they’re recommending is plenty stiff to deter other
government workers from leaking sensitive information, even if it could be
tougher.
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