‘I want to burn the White House down’: NSA leaker Reality Winner, 25, is DENIED bail as prosecutors claim she may have stolen more top secret information, was fascinated with Islamic terrorism and planned to play the ‘pretty, white girl’ card in court
She is charged with ‘willful retention and transmission of defense information’
The 25-year-old was indicted by a federal grand jury and a judge ordered her to be detained until her trial
Winner faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if she’s found guilty
Indictment states she worked with top-secret clearance at government agency
Government claims they found handwritten notes at Winner’s home which appeared to sympathize with Osama bin Laden and other terrorists
In one note, Winner allegedly wrote: ‘I want to burn the White House down and go live in Kurdistan’
By LOUISE BOYLE
DailyMail.com
8 June 2017
Reality Winner portrayed little emotion in court Thursday as she was denied bond in her federal espionage case after the government alleged that she may have stolen other top secret information and poses an ongoing risk to national security.
The Air Force veteran, 25, is accused of mailing a classified report on a Russian military intelligence cyber-attack in 2016 to a news website.
She entered a plea of not guilty before Judge Brian K. Epps at U.S. District Court in downtown Augusta, Georgia on Thursday afternoon after she was charged with a single count of ‘willful retention and transmission of national defense information’.
Winner was brought into court, in an orange jumpsuit with her hair braided in a top knot, by two federal marshalls. Her hands were cuffed behind her back and she appeared to stand to attention when addressed by the judge.
She spoke only to respond: ‘Yes, your honor’ in a soft voice.
The prosecution made its case for Winner to be detained based on evidence that one prosecutor called ‘downright frightening’.
The prosecution alleged that Winner is ‘extremely intelligent’ and may have removed information from a ‘Top Secret computer on a USB drive’ while she was on active duty and stated that the thumb drive has not been located.
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