A 25-year-old government contractor has been charged with mishandling classified information after authorities say she gave a top-secret National Security Agency document to a news ­organization. Reality Leigh Winner was accused of gathering, transmitting or losing defense information — the first criminal charge filed in a leak investigation during the Trump administration. A person familiar with the case said the charges stem from the document given to the ­Intercept. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein said investigators’ fast work “allowed us quickly to identify and arrest the defendant. The government learned of the leak after a reporter contacted an individual working at another government contractor seeking an opinion about the document.

Source: Washington Post June 05, 2017 22:50 UTC