Nothing to see here, just the Intercept burning another NatSec source...

[Blue_Tires]

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[hlthe2b]

1. Sad, but not surprised... Greenwald's crew strikes again

[dogman]

2. He used a government computer, but it's the fault of The Intercept that he was caught?

How was he burnt by them?

[MineralMan]

3. Defending The Intercept?

Really?

[shanny]

5. Defending the stupidity of the informant?

The one who is employed by the national security apparatus? Really?

[MineralMan]

7. I'm not defending anyone at all.

Since the subject is text messages, I assume those were exchanged using cell phones, not computers. Apparently, they later switched to a more secure, encrypted text messaging app.

Bottom line here is that classified information was exchanged. I don't defend anyone who does that, frankly. I worked in that business, and would never have done such a thing.

Apparently the person who gave the classified information is being tried for his/her crime. The texts are evidence in that case.

So, no, I'm not defending anyone. But, then again, I wasn't replying to you in the first place.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Presumably they should have told him the steps to take to avoid detection

since they knew they were asking him to do something highly illegal...?

I mean FFS, Glenn Greenwald got paid BIG $$$ in his heyday to give presentations to reporters on how to protect NatSec sources... Just sayin'....

[shanny]

6. FFS he didn't know that already?

what's his job again?

[Blue_Tires]

8. But what's alarming is that there is a track record here

FWIW, as a former reporter let me just say that their handling of Reality Winner was some of the most negligent unprofessional amateur-hour shit I'd ever seen... And the bottom line is it's always the responsibility of the reporter to protect the source

[deurbano]

11. Winner seems to have been a true whistle blower regarding Russian election intervention, yet is

paying a much higher price for revealing that crime than the actual perps. Her leak was an example of some of the good ("reality" based, excuse the pun) work The Intercept can do (completely and oddly undermining other non-reality based positions being promoted there)... but yeah, while it seems she may have eventually been caught anyway, they didn't have to make it so damn easy.

She's serving time with another woman who has been completely screwed over by our "justice" system:

<<“Crystal Mason is also there with her,” Winner-Davis added — referring to a black Texas mother of three who was sentenced to both 10 months in federal prison and an additional five years in a state lockup for unknowingly but unlawfully casting a 2016 provisional ballot that was never even counted.>>

https://www.philly.com/opinion/commentary/paul-manafort-sentencing-donald-trump-mueller-20190310.html

[Blue_Tires]

12. Which is why I always believed that Winner was used and intentionally hung out to dry

Since her leaks about the KremlinGate investigation flew directly in the face of the lies Greenwald and the Intercept were pimping...

The hilarious part was hearing Greenwald and Scahill on podcast trying to downplay and lowkey discredit the leaks on the day they ran!

And there's more than Winner and Hale, too

[SayItLoud]

9. Now if someone were to leak the entire Mueller report....NT

[ehrnst]

10. Well, that's one way to ensure that no one ever comes to you with inside info again.

Journalists protect their sources. But we're talking about the Intercept, and not journalism.

[nitpicker]

13. Fro,m DW

https://www.dw.com/en/us-charges-intelligence-analyst-for-leaking-information-on-drone-program/a-48680748

US charges intelligence analyst for leaking information on drone program

(snip)
The indictment did not name the publication or journalist, but the description appeared to match that of Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept. The information was published in an eight-part series titled "The Drone Papers" by the online news organization The Intercept in 2015.
(snip)

[Blue_Tires]

14. LOL

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