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| 2017-09-02 |
| [Mil.com] SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A young woman charged with leaking classified U.S. documents has asked a federal judge to rule that comments she made to FBI agents before her arrest can't be used as evidence. Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist who held a top-secret security clearance, worked as a government contractor in Augusta, Georgia, until she was charged with copying a classified report and mailing it to an online news organization. The criminal complaint filed June 5 in U.S. District Court says Winner admitted to leaking the documents when she was questioned by FBI agents serving a search warrant at her apartment. Winner's defense attorneys filed a court motion Tuesday asking the judge to suppress any comments she made to the FBI in that interview because agents never read Winner her Miranda rights. Though she had not yet been formally arrested, Winner's attorneys said, she had every reason to believe she was in custody as she was questioned in a room of her apartment by two agents standing in front of the door. "Winner was never told she was free to leave, nor was she advised as to her arrest status," Winner's attorneys wrote. "Indeed, when she specifically asked whether she was under arrest, the agents told her they did not know the answer to that 'yet.'" Prosecutors had not filed any reply to the defense motion Wednesday, and there was no ruling from the judge. Meanwhile, U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps agreed during a status hearing Wednesday to postpone Winner's trial, which had been scheduled to start in October. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 ...wiring diagrams? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-02 16:36 |
| #4 I was told that at ADX Florence (Supermax), Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber), Terry Nichols (OK City bomb), and Eric Rudolph (Atlanta Park bomb) are all in the same pod and usually have breakfast and their coffee breaks together. You have to wonder what they talk about... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-09-02 16:13 |
| #3 ..more like a bookend, Snowden - Manning - Winner. The perfect Obama diversity cell block. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-02 08:20 |
| #2 She's going to prison for a long time. I only wish she could have adjoining cells with Snowden and Manning. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-02 07:32 |
| #1 Miranda rights are read at your arraignment. This has been the case since, forever. They have nothing, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to use this pathetic defense. She's going to prison for a long time. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-09-02 07:03 |