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Saturday, April 20, 2024

5 things to know about NSA whistleblower Reality Winner - Sportskeeda

The conflict between the United States of America and Russia has always been the focus of geopolitical tensions and for some reason, it's only getting worse. The two superpowers have silently been at war with each other for ages and both countries take things like treason and disloyalty very seriously.

One such incident was seen in 2017 when a 25-year-old woman named Reality Winner was apprehended for something that put America's security in jeopardy.

On June 3, 2017, Winner was arrested on suspicion of leaking highly classified information to a new website named The Intercept. She was an enlisted U.S. Air Force member and NSA translator but was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for her actions. Her story will be narrated in detail in HBO's upcoming original film titled Reality on May 29, 2023.

3 astonishing facts about convict, Reality Winner

1) Story behind her unique name

Born to Billie and Ronald Winner from Texas, Reality's name was coined by Ronald.

In an interview with DailyMail.com, her stepfather Gary Davis, explained the origin of her unique name:

"He always wanted to have a 'Real Winner' so he named her Reality Leigh Winner. It's just a beautiful name. The plan was to call her Leigh because Reality is kind of a strange name but everyone who knew her just loved the name Reality and it stuck with her. I forget sometimes that she has ever been called Leigh – she's always been Reality"

2) The arrest

On June 3, 2017, the FBI showed up at...



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