The Persecution of Reality Winner
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🗓️ 6 June 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
 While Paul Manafort enjoyed the comforts of his Hamptons mansion on house arrest, Winner was denied bond, kept in a jail and has been subjected to a public smear campaign by Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department. She was the first whistleblower charged under President Trump and her treatment is unprecedented.
Former drone technician-turned-whistleblower Lisa Ling talks about the campaign to free Winner. Trevor Timm of Freedom of the Press Foundation breaks down how the government is stripping Winner of her right to a fair trial. The Intercept’s Peter Maass highlights the injustice and hypocrisy of her treatment. Intercept editor in chief Betsy Reed and reporter Sam Biddle talk about the top secret NSA document she allegedly leaked, the irony of the media silence about Winner’s treatment, and why First Look Media is funding her defense. To support Reality Winner's legal defense fund, click here.
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| 0:52.0 | Very nice letter. Oh, would you like to see what was in that letter? Would you like it? How much? How much? |
| 1:07.8 | Dear Slim I wrote you but you still keep calling by left my cell my page you and my home |
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| 2:08.7 | This is intercepted |
| 2:24.8 | I'm Jeremy scale coming to you from the offices of the intercept in New York City |
| 2:28.7 | And this is episode 59 of intercepted former US intelligence contractor reality Lee winner |
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