Reality Winner (NSA contractor)

Case-file story

Timeline

1. 2018-08-23Sentenced to 63 months plus 3 years' supervised release (judgment, Doc. 327, filed 08/24/18)¹
2. 2018-08-23U.S. Attorney's statement on the sentencing²

Verified facts

• The U.S. Attorney called it the longest sentence received for an unauthorized disclosure of NDI to the media.²
• She was a contractor at an NSA facility in the Southern District of Georgia with a TS/SCI clearance.²
• According to the U.S. Attorney, she researched whether a thumb drive could be inserted into a Top Secret computer undetected, then inserted one, which the government never recovered.²

Editorial notes

• The judgment PDF is a court document hosted by Just Security, and the sentencing memo is hosted by Courthouse News. Replace both with PACER/CourtListener copies when available.

Sources

1. https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Reality-Winner_Judgment-August-23-2018-.pdf · no archive snapshot yet
2. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdga/pr/statement-us-attorney-bobby-l-christine-regarding-sentencing-reality-winner · Wayback