Posted on June 8, 2017
NSA Leaker Appears in Court – Denied Bail, Tells Mom To Use “Chelsea Manning” Media Defense Strategy
The leaker of classified NSA documents, Reality Leigh Winner appeared in court today in Augusta Georgia. She was denied bail as prosecutors provided the judge with evidence in the case including Ms. Winner writing about burning down the White House and a pre-planned intention to flee the country and head to Afghanistan or Mexico.
Federal agents found two notebooks in Winner’s home, according to the prosecution. In one, prosecutors allege that she wrote, “I want to burn the White House down.” On another page in one of the notebooks, prosecutors said, she listed the names of several Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, including Osama Bin Laden.
Winner allegedly told her mother that she needed to “go nuclear with the press” if she didn’t get bond because
that’s how Chelsea Manning got out.
When prosecutors questioned Winner-Davis about her daughter telling her to
“play that angle,” she said it was true.
A federal judge denied Winner’s request for bond.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/nsa-contractor-reality-winner-wanted-burn-white-house/story?id=47912175