A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers - this is the story of 25-year-old NSA contractor Reality Winn | dG1fZnJPV1Y4a3c1anc
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00:00 My name is Reality Winner.
00:04 I'm an airman, a veteran, and I was convicted under the Espionage Act.
00:08 An Air Force veteran who had a top-secret security clearance leaked this secret NSA
00:13 report about a Russian military cyber attack days before the election.
00:19 Winner was threatened by the sight of 11 mostly armed federal agents during that home search.
00:25 I didn't realize that it was about to become a four-hour chess game for my life.
00:30 Reality, can you guess how many people might have printed out that document?
00:37 No.
00:38 That document has made it outside.
00:39 Obviously.
00:40 It's for here.
00:41 Oh yeah.
00:42 She claimed to hate America.
00:49 Imagine that you're talking to your own sister and they will find exchanges between you to
00:53 show that you're a danger to the United States of America.
00:57 She would have been caught even if, you know, we had disguised the certain aspects of the
01:02 document.
01:03 They gave me envelope information and where it came from.
01:07 What the heck?
01:11 She was a quintessential example of an insider threat.
01:16 There will be others no matter how harsh this gets.
01:20 That's the longest sentence ever imposed for this kind of violation.
01:25 Ironically enough, the first thing that people forget about this story is that I am a real
01:31 person.
01:32 I really thought that the whole world can be changed for the better with one deed or
01:38 one action.
01:44 And that's how we got here.
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