(Reuters)On Monday, the Justice Department announced charges against 25-year-old Reality Winner, a Georgia-based contractor assigned to the National Security Agency, for allegedly removing and sending classified materials to a news organization. The release from Justice came shortly after the Intercept published an article based on a top-secret NSA report detailing Russian attempts to hack into local and state voting systems. As discussed here, the court documents in the case raise questions as to how carefully the Intercept protected its source in pursuing the story. Also: The reporter told the source that the top-secret report had been sent from Augusta, where Winner resides. The outlet elaborated on Tuesday morning with this statement:On June 5 The Intercept published a story about a top-secret NSA document that was provided to us completely anonymously.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 16:52 UTC