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“I am not a traitor. I am not a spy. [The public] was being lied to.” - Reality Winner #RealityWinner 1/ 
“Several key state officials said no one had warned them about the Russian scheme until the leaked memo from the...NSA, appeared in The Intercept in June 2017. To them, Winner's leak was a form of public service.” 2/ inquirer.com/philly/columni…
Ten days after the Interceot published the NSA report leaked by #RealityWinner, the Senate voted to limit Trump’s power to lift Russia sanctions. 3/ npr.org/2017/06/15/533…
I wrote about this on Medium. IMO, the US government failed us re: the 2016 election & its aftermath. 1/
There is a new section about #RealityWinner. I encourage @POTUS to #PardonRealityWinner now & to declassify more information about the 2016 election. 3/
#RealityWinner is home but not free. Who else has a restricted travel area, 10 pm curfew, and has to report any and all interviews & media projects???
Who else has to do a monthly report detailing every aspect of their life and submitting bank statements?
#RealityWinner
#RealityWinner
Who else has to submit to random drug tests and continued threats by a probation officer to reject her living arrangement?
You have no idea how torturous this "Supervised Release" is for a person who has the threat of prison over her head.
Home but not free.
#RealityWinner
You have no idea how torturous this "Supervised Release" is for a person who has the threat of prison over her head.
Home but not free.
#RealityWinner
“As a member of President Richard M. Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President, better known as CREEP, Stone helped recruit a young operative to spy on a group of Quakers who had set up a peace vigil in front of the Nixon White House.” 1/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
2/ Stone “admitted to Congress that he faked a contribution from the Young Socialist Alliance to… a Republican who in 1972 was mounting a challenge to Nixon in the NH primary.” Stone then sent the receipt to the media. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
3/ “Stone did not merely engage in dirty tricks; in 1972, the then-19-year-old Stone was assigned by CREEP official Herbert ‘Bart’ Porter to recruit a spy to penetrate the campaigns of Democratic presidential hopefuls.”
@Comey -- In May 2018 Democratic Senators sent complaints that Trump had used Bolton to remove the leaders of the federal pandemic response system.
Soon forgotten.
Today we know that the US had a top-tier system. Degraded by Trump to the Worst in the World.
#crimeofthecentury
Soon forgotten.
Today we know that the US had a top-tier system. Degraded by Trump to the Worst in the World.
#crimeofthecentury
Ebola stayed away.
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for it.
The federal system had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance, based on fighting plague & dengue.
Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million
Trumped USA = 2,364 dpm
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for it.
The federal system had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance, based on fighting plague & dengue.
Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million
Trumped USA = 2,364 dpm
What Trump had Bolton eliminate:
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions to Nat'l Guard and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions to Nat'l Guard and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
@davidhogg111 -- Go on offense = risk being a target for threats, possible vendetta actions
For example, threats still cover up a gross Trump misfeasance 2018 - 2020.
He feared bad press if Ebola made the jump.
So he dumped federal pandemic response on the hapless states.
For example, threats still cover up a gross Trump misfeasance 2018 - 2020.
He feared bad press if Ebola made the jump.
So he dumped federal pandemic response on the hapless states.
Ebola never got here. SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for its absence.
The system Trump had John Bolton destroy had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance.
Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million
Trumped:
USA = 2,364 DPM
The system Trump had John Bolton destroy had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance.
Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million
Trumped:
USA = 2,364 DPM
What Bolton eliminated ranged from
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions between WH and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions between WH and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
Trump may have cheated his way to victory. Remember how he objected to the recount & most of it was shut down & how the polls predicted he’d lose in a landslide? Remember the leaked exit polls indicating he was toast & the subsequent teeny margins right where he needed them? 1/
Remember the info leaked by #RealityWinner & how she was locked up for it? 2/
I don’t know that cheating changed the result in 2016. What I do know is that our government didn’t look to find out - or if it did look, it kept it classified. A journalist in a position to elicit a response should ask the FBI if it looked. 3/ jennycohn1.medium.com/why-have-so-ma…
I’m upset w/ both moderate & progressive Democrats. Neither is trying to shine a light on Trump’s suspicious ascent to power in 2016. Neither is seeking declassification of info re the 2016 election. 1/
Neither is prioritizing election security despite the GOP winning 27 out of 27 House races that were rated as tossups before the 2020 election. 3/
Being at #DanielHale's sentencing last week and seeing no camera crews from local or national media outlets wait outside is a sobering reminder how much the reporting landscape has changed.
It was similar situation at #RealityWinner's pre-trial hearings. That is the reason my team and I took on a second independent documentary project. We felt that someone needed to witness and film the proceedings and treatment of Reality, which was much harsher than we expected.
The other journalists who showed up consistently for #RealityWinner's pre-trial hearings were also independents like @tkbarnes and @kgosztola, as well as a few local news reporters.
THREAD: Let's compare and contrast how General Petraeus and Reality Winner, both convicted of leaking classified information to the press, were treated by our criminal justice system. We'll examine the content of their leaks, the potential damage to our national security of /1
the leaks, their motives, how their cases were prosecuted and their sentencing.
General Petraeus leaked eight binders full of highly classified materials that he had illegally retained from when he was the top military commander in Afghanistan. When questioned by the FBI /2
General Petraeus leaked eight binders full of highly classified materials that he had illegally retained from when he was the top military commander in Afghanistan. When questioned by the FBI /2
about the binders he lied to them, a crime for which he was not prosecuted. He turned the binders over to a woman with whom he was having an illicit affair at the time. According to prosecutors the binders contained the names of covert operatives, /3
Today is #NationalWhistleblowerDay. Please support #nationalsecurity #whistleblowers who have made some of the most important disclosures in the history of the United States, and have suffered tremendous consequences.
Among them are @DanielEllsberg @JesselynRadack @Thomas_Drake1 @Bill_Binney #ThomasTamm @xychelsea #StephenKim @JohnKiriakou @Snowden #RealityWinner @S_UnwantedSpy #TerryAlbury #DanielHale
By definition whistleblowers reveal information in the public interest. They expose government misconduct, such as information about unconstitutional mass surveillance, torture, the secret drone war, foreign election interference, discrimination, civil and human rights abuses.
Sharing how systems discriminate against people out of prison to keep them down. Last week I took #RealityLeighWinner to get her driver's license at the TX DMV.
She needed 2 forms of ID, which she had. They also required 2 forms of proof of address, which she didn't have.
She needed 2 forms of ID, which she had. They also required 2 forms of proof of address, which she didn't have.
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I was there & had to complete an affidavit for her. I had to have 2 forms of proof of an address, even though they had my ID/Driver's license.
Luckily, we were able to give them documents that satisfied them.
Had I not been there, #RealityWinner would've been denied.
I was there & had to complete an affidavit for her. I had to have 2 forms of proof of an address, even though they had my ID/Driver's license.
Luckily, we were able to give them documents that satisfied them.
Had I not been there, #RealityWinner would've been denied.
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They system has built in rules that keep people already kicked down to stay powerless and hopeless.
I stead of helping to build them back, they make it hard for them to succeed.
And, they treated her like an inmate. I'm so angry.
#RealityWinner
They system has built in rules that keep people already kicked down to stay powerless and hopeless.
I stead of helping to build them back, they make it hard for them to succeed.
And, they treated her like an inmate. I'm so angry.
#RealityWinner
#Assange turns 50 in jail next month
@Snowden has been "working from home since the Obama admin"
@xychelsea spent 7yrs behind bars
It is ironic that no one responsible for potential war crimes in Iraq & Afghanistan has been punished, yet the people who exposed the crimes, have
@Snowden has been "working from home since the Obama admin"
@xychelsea spent 7yrs behind bars
It is ironic that no one responsible for potential war crimes in Iraq & Afghanistan has been punished, yet the people who exposed the crimes, have
2/. “Looking at the mirror is always hard, especially so if such introspection leads to the conclusion that one's ‘democratically’ elected govt regularly engages in terrorism abroad.” #JulianAssange
11 years ago, @wikileaks
published Collateral Murder
11 years ago, @wikileaks
published Collateral Murder
3/. #Assange's case matters
It matters to you
The idea that "journalists should be prosecuted for receiving classified information" makes the already perilous situation facing journalists working to expose the crimes & corruption of govts, more difficult
It matters to you
The idea that "journalists should be prosecuted for receiving classified information" makes the already perilous situation facing journalists working to expose the crimes & corruption of govts, more difficult
Dear @julianbarnes: I am concerned that the "most secure election ever" narrative has eclipsed your crucial reporting from Oct. 2020. If Russians got inside our election system again, that is NOT secure. Even if they did not pull the trigger this time, what about 2022 & 2024?! 1/
An update to your story wld be really important. Because of the Big Lie, everyone, including the Ds, has gone to sleep on election security. They have not even reintroduced the #SAFEAct to require robust manual election audits of ALL federal races, not just what Rs choose. 2/
The FBI’s & DHS’s policy was to NOT tell the public, states, or Congress of county & vendor election-system breaches. They let counties & vendors decide whether to disclose. It was #RealityWinner who exposed this dangerous policy. Ds AND Rs in the Senate criticized the policy. 1/
The FBI later changed its policy to notify states (though not the public or Congress) of election system breaches. They did it due to the outrage over their concealment of breaches. Counties and vendors were not voluntarily coming forward to warn that they had been breached. 2/
The change in policy would not have happened without #RealityWinner. But the policy is still dangerous bc it does not require that the FBI or DHS notify Congress or the public of county or state breaches. That is still up to the election offices. 3/
"To underline the lack of security at the ballot-programming level, ... Halderman displayed a screenshot of the “Who We Are” section of the webpage for Governmental Business Systems (GBS), an Illinois-based company that programs ballots 4 ... Michigan." 1/archive.thinkprogress.org/how-easy-would…
2/ "(They noted that GBS’s website didn’t even have basic Transport Layer Security encryption enabled.) This website offered names of all of GBS’s employees, along with their email addresses. From this, they pointed to the administrative assistant as a possible target."
3/ "But with the email addresses for every person in the company on display, it would be easy enough to find one person likely to be convinced enough by a professional-looking email purporting to come from Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter to click on a link or attachment."
Thread on the document #RealityWinner shared w the Intercept:
This is the doc that Reality sent bc Russians were trying to attack our democracy while US citizens sat around not knowing a damn thing. Its hard to read so Im typing it up below.
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This is the doc that Reality sent bc Russians were trying to attack our democracy while US citizens sat around not knowing a damn thing. Its hard to read so Im typing it up below.
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Also, here is the link to it with the actual report: documentcloud.org/documents/3766…
And remember, states did not know they were being targeted until after.
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And remember, states did not know they were being targeted until after.
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It is unknown if the GRU was able to successfully compromise any of the entities targeted as part of this campaign. While this ((redacted)) cyber espionage program utilized some techniques that were similar to other Russian GRU cyber operations units, ...cont'd👇
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@CPetersen_CS @FullFrontalSamB @iamsambee To form an opinion you shld take into account all of the facts. She exposed the truth as there was no IG for her to report to at the time. Fox on all stations & things swept under the rug. Charged under the antiquated Espionage Act that was designed to weed out spies.
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@CPetersen_CS @FullFrontalSamB @iamsambee But wait theres more! Document was kept classified even after it was public knowledge & being used in msm news reports, specifically so she cld not speak of it in her defense. 99% of defense subpeonas thrown out.
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@CPetersen_CS @FullFrontalSamB @iamsambee Lawyers a hard time seeing her too & court refused to issue pretrial bond. During her time in jail pretrial the gaurds made her life a living hell. If she got too much mail, the gaurds wld get mad & she wld lose her 1 hr of sunlight.
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After blowing the whistle on Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Reality Winner was marked an enemy of the state and sentenced to prison. With help from her sister, @WinnerBrittany, and her attorney, Sam recreates the story an American hero. #FreeRealityWinner
If you want to thank Reality for helping keep our democracy intact, write a letter to @POTUS to remind him that #RealityWinner deserves a pardon!
Dear @POTUS: Why has this information not been declassified, and why does FBI Director Christopher Wray still have a job after concealing information about Russia's breach of Florida election networks from the American public? Why is #RealityWinner still in prison?
But for the Mueller report, we would not have even known that ONE Florida county was breached. The FBI under Chris Wray had decided to conceal this information even from state officials. 1/ govtech.com/security/Muell…
The FBI finally agreed to provide this information to election officials, but made them sign an NDA. Remember?! 2/ gizmodo.com/florida-govern…
2000: Rs block manual recount after memory card is found to have inexplicably deleted 16k votes from Gore’s total on a Diebold machine in Volusia county; no other races were impacted. Bush declared victorious by 537 votes. History forever altered. 1/
Bev Harris later shows that a convicted embezzler had joined Diebold as its Sr VP & largest shareholder in Sept 2000. His crimes involved sophisticated computer tampering. Media yawns. 2/
Harri Hursti later shows that Diebold memory cards can be hacked without detection by subtracting votes from one candidate and adding the same number of votes to the other candidate. Documentary featuring the Hursti hack is nominated for an Emmy. Media yawns. 2/
I obtained info from the DOJ's General Legal Activities report in the section about program justification for appropriations. You can download it from here:
>>justice.gov/doj/page/file/…<<
WaPo article stating over 13k petitions backlogged in Feb 2020.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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>>justice.gov/doj/page/file/…<<
WaPo article stating over 13k petitions backlogged in Feb 2020.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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2020 Clemency stats are currently unavailable to the public. They should be available in 2021 as 2020 is closed out. I'm not sure if it's bc the USPA Office is so backlogged & cldn't keep up w/ stats or if it was intentionally left blank for some reason.
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USPA Office projected the percent of the total clemency caseload pending w/in the entire Office & anywhere in the clemency process, at less than or equal to 40% for 2020. That's compared to 2019's actual percentage of 22% & 13,955 cases.
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