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The Georgia intelligence contractor accused of leaking Top Secret documents from the NSA was a Bernie Sanders supporter who hated Donald Trump. Reality Leigh Winner, a decorated former US Air Force linguist who held Top Secret government clearance, made multiple posts on social media attacking Trump and joking about Russia's influence in the election. Under the alias Sara Winners, she made several tweets with the hashtag #NotMyPresident and #Recount 2016 and even wrote that 'Trump is a c**t' and a 'piece of s**t' in a series of angry tweets over the past few months. The outspoken Sanders supporter also posted...

The depiction of accused leaker Reality Leigh Winner through social media is not an “an accurate portrayal of my daughter,” Gary Davis, Winner’s stepfather, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. In a brief interview, Davis said his daughter served her nation with distinction as an Air Force linguist. He said she speaks Arabic and Farsi and has training in other Middle Eastern languages. “She’s a veteran, six years’ service of the Air Force,” he said. “She received commendations during that time. She’s just a passionate young woman who probably made some mistakes.”

The woman charged by the Department of Justice with stealing “Top Secret” information from the National Security Agency apparently believes being white is a form of terrorism.That’s according to a tweet the alleged leaker, Reality Winner, sent in February. Winner, who is herself white, tweeted at rapper Kanye West that he should make a shirt declaring whiteness an act of terror.“@kanyewest you should make a shirt that says, ‘being white is terrorism’,” she tweeted.Winner’s social media history is filled with left-wing messages and support for progressives like Bernie Sanders, as The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross has previously documented. The majority...