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Originally Posted by Ohio
Obviously poor naive Reality Winner was only following the examples of her many superiors by leaking classified documents. They, however, get those golden parachutes. She gets an orange jumpsuit.
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I haven't paid attention other than just the briefest overview. From what I understand she released the information that the Russians were trying (or maybe were successful) to hack the voting machine software to influence/rig/damage US elections. This information was leaked at a time the official line was that the Russians had not violated the sanctity of our election process.
Other than exposing the official line as a lie, did she reveal state secrets or put intelligence sources at risk?
Since the threat continues and presumably gets more and more likely of Russian success it seems one benefit of this leak is to make all Americans more aware and more serious about this threat to democracy.
If you could explain the real damage she has done or potentially done to our national security through this leak that would help me get a more balanced view of what has happened. Thanks