Feds have arrested a contractor for leaking classified documents to media

June 05, 2017, 09:34 PM

joel9507

It might have a nice 'chilling effect' if the leakers couldn't be sure their identities could be protected by the media any better than the state secrets they seem to be compelled to share.

If it is legal for press outlet "A" to print confidential information stolen from the government, it is surely legal for press outlet "B" to print the name of press outlet "A"s source.

Now, the leaker inside press outlet "A" would be at some legal risk, but surely the FBI could find someone to state 'no reasonable prosecutor would take the case' and wrap that up nicely.

If I were in charge of plugging the leaks, at least one action I'd be doing is to get it circulated in the usual channels that we had recruited such sources inside the press ready to help - whether or not I actually had them.

June 05, 2017, 09:37 PM

marksman41

quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
I read the document she leaked.

"The Intercept" looks like a very leftist / progressive / antiTrump site.

They wrote this:

"The NSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence were both contacted for this article. Officials requested that we not publish or report on the top secret document and declined to comment on it.

When informed that we intended to go ahead with this story, the NSA requested a number of redactions. The Intercept agreed to some of the redaction requests after determining that the disclosure of that material was not clearly in the public interest."
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This document should never have been made public. The Intercept should never have published it. (even w the few redactions they made)

For those on govt systems, this is one you want to keep off your computer.

I hope Winner never gets out of jail.

I read through the article but even on that biased website I didn't see anything conclusive as to the Russians supposedly interfering with our election. All I discerned were suppositions and hypotheticals. Did I miss something or is there truly some concrete evidence of interference?

June 05, 2017, 09:57 PM

Hobbs

quote:
Originally posted by FrankMoses:
I'd love to see some pictures of this little twat's parents. There must be a perpetual haze surrounding them.

Pictures of mom, dad, sis below ... https://www.everipedia.com/reality-leigh-winner/

June 05, 2017, 10:00 PM

parabellum

June 05, 2017, 10:02 PM

sigmonkey

quote:
Originally posted by MitchbSC:
Feed the body to the hogs.

No one wants tainted bacon...

June 05, 2017, 10:13 PM

Bigboreshooter

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:

June 05, 2017, 10:17 PM

sdy

marksman,

from the article, this link

https://www.documentcloud.org/...ing.html#document/p1

June 05, 2017, 10:18 PM

12131

What pisses me off is that there are tons more of these treasonous filth infiltrating our intel community. Eight years of the filth-in-chief in the WH has no doubt loaded them up in all levels of government.

June 05, 2017, 10:34 PM

Ozarkwoods

I would also start looking at who did the fine job of a security background on her. Then look at others that person did background checks on.

June 05, 2017, 10:41 PM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
marksman,

from the article, this link

https://www.documentcloud.org/...ing.html#document/p1

That was t/s? It says nothing, mere gibberish, speculation.

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

June 05, 2017, 10:57 PM

MitchbSC

Maybe gibberish was the intent to traceback to a leaker. Back when I was reading spy novels, spy non-fiction, Tom Clancy stuff, etc., leaker bait was some documented unique topic and/or some documents about the same topic but each worded differently. The topic or the wording could be traced back to those who had access.

And I apologize for offending bacon lovers.

June 05, 2017, 10:58 PM

nhtagmember

she needs to be put down

June 05, 2017, 11:00 PM

Strambo

quote:
Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
I would also start looking at who did the fine job of a security background on her. Then look at others that person did background checks on.

A TS clearance is good for 5 years so it was still her initial clearance from the Air Force. It was approved because her background at the time of the investigation was just high school.

June 06, 2017, 12:10 AM

darthfuster

Trial and execution. Same day.

June 06, 2017, 06:30 AM

Sportshooter

She needs enough prison time to cause every other leaker of classified information to cringe in fear every time they hear a knock at the door.

June 06, 2017, 07:45 AM

marksman41

quote:
Originally posted by Hobbs:
quote:
Originally posted by FrankMoses:
I'd love to see some pictures of this little twat's parents. There must be a perpetual haze surrounding them.

Pictures of mom, dad, sis below ... https://www.everipedia.com/reality-leigh-winner/

Her mother goes by a hyphenated name (Winners-Davis) while the husband is just Davis. Tells me a lot about the family dynamic/dysfunction right there.

June 06, 2017, 07:48 AM

dwright1951

This is why Trump needs to purge as many of the leftover folks and liberal crackpots from the government employ. They are talking about looking at folks coming into this country's social media, that would also work for government employees to weed out this type of crap. Hope they hang her!