Hours after the Intercept's report — https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/ … — DOJ announces charges: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-contractor-georgia-charged-removing-and-mailing-classified-materials-news … 1/2
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JUST IN: Winner's lawyer tells
@BuzzFeedNews she will remain in custody at least until a Thursday detention hearing.https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/a-federal-government-contractor-has-been-charged-with?utm_term=.ikjoq6Ym3K#.nnmvLXqQ7j … -
bet she was paid by the Intercept.
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No, I don't think so, based on the information provided. She mailed the document anonymously, it appears from the information known so far.
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Speculating here - but new NSA contractor, young, impressionable...maybe coaxed into this by someone else - maybe another contractor
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And the second contractor reported back up the chain about that contact with reporter? So she got sold out by the intercept?
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Tell sources to always use
@LouiseMensch . SHE DOES NOT REVEAL HER SOURCES AND SHE GETS THE WORD OUT LONG B4 IT HITS NEWS/PAPERS.#RESIST -
Yeah, but nobody believes a goddamn thing she says, soooo... no?
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That just means that the government won't bother investigating her claims, so it is extra safe.
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Sounds like the Intercept revealed their method, allowing the traceback to the source.
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Bad way to verify a source.
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Wow that's f'ed up if all due in part to the Intercept
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Leavenworth isn't bad enough.
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Gitmo works for me.
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Hoping Intercept is paying her legal fees - b/c they SHOULD be! Revealing source in sloppy verification process is on them.
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Wow!
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Extremely sloppy - should point out that Greenwald wasn't involved in this story.
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