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Please read this article and look how Reality Winner was skewered! #2SystemsOfJustice #NotRich #NotAWashingtonInsider theintercept.com/2018/08/23/rea…
“A key phrase that the government wanted withheld was the specific name of the Russian unit identified in the document. The government was particularly insistent on that point.” @trevortimm
“Since it wasn’t vital to the story that the unit’s name be revealed, nor was it clear — at least at the time — that revealing the unit’s name was in the public interest, The Intercept agreed to withhold it.” @trevortimm
But in the indictment of alleged Russian military intelligence operatives that Mueller’s office released..., the Justice Department revealed the same name: GRU unit 74455. The indictment went on to reveal information almost identical contained in the Winner doc.” @TrevorTimm
“The Justice Department is trying to have it both ways: It’s OK for Mueller to publicly release this information in an attempt to prosecute alleged Russian hackers because it’s in the public interest.” @TrevorTimm
”But at the exact same time, the government is also claiming that a document including very similar information causes grave harm to national security when disclosed to the public by someone else.” @TrevorTimm
Reality Winner is a patriot, not a criminal! #FreeRealityWinner
Reality Winner is a patriot, not a criminal! #FreeRealityWinner
