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aikoaiko

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5. I suspect this example will become a case study in journalism schools on...

Reply to Kolesar (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 12:42 PM

Jun 2017

...how one shouldn't screw over your informants by helping govt agencies to identify them.

I admire and thank Winner, but doing the right thing doesn't necessarily mean you get to avoid legal consequences. I hope she gets the minimum and a Democratic president commutes her sentence if she's still in prison.

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Goddamned Greenwald revealed Reality Winner to the feds, now she is in detention [View all] Kolesar Jun 2017 OP

Wait, what? tazkcmo Jun 2017 #1

Sorry, I disagree. You verify the content, not the actual document. still_one Jun 2017 #4

Me too. tazkcmo Jun 2017 #7

Greenwald is a grandstanding snake, so this should be no surprise. still_one Jun 2017 #2

The Intercept is under surveillance as hostile, non-state intelligence leaker. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #3

I suspect this example will become a case study in journalism schools on... aikoaiko Jun 2017 #5

This tazkcmo Jun 2017 #9

Seems like an appropriate place for her. jmg257 Jun 2017 #6

On what planet does a journalist not simply verify the content of a document? Tatiana Jun 2017 #8

They would have figured out it was her regardless Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #10