reality winner

This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript

7:21am October 12, 2021

by Alexandra Starr

Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.

Reality Winner leaves the Augusta Courthouse on June 8, 2017, in Augusta, Ga. Winner, a former intelligence industry contractor, pleaded guilty to leaking National Security Agency documents.

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Reality Winner Sentenced To 5 Years, 3 Months For Leaking Classified Info

2:40pm August 23, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Winner, a former NSA contractor, pleaded guilty in June. Prosecutors say her 63-month sentence will be the longest ever served by a federal defendant for leaking to the press.

Reality Winner, shown exiting the Augusta Courthouse on June 8, 2017, has pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act. She was an intelligence industry contractor accused of leaking National Security Agency documents to a news site.

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Reality Winner, Accused Of Leaking Classified Documents, Pleads Guilty

6:13pm June 26, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Winner reached a plea deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve more than five years in prison. She was charged with violating the Espionage Act by sending NSA documents to a news site.

Edward Snowden appears from Russia on a giant video screen in 2014. The former National Security Agency contractor fled to Russia in 2013 shortly after leaking information about the NSA's bulk data collection program. He also faces charges in the U.S. und

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Once Reserved For Spies, Espionage Act Now Used Against Suspected Leakers

4:38pm June 28, 2017

by Greg Myre

President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act to target spies during World War I. The Obama administration used it against suspected leakers, and now the Trump administration is doing the same.

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Reality Winner, a 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor and an Air Force veteran, was being held in Lincoln County, Ga.

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Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner To Remain In Jail Pending Trial

8:13pm June 08, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A judge denied her bail after prosecutors suggested she may possess more secret documents. The 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor allegedly gave classified material to a news outlet.