Thursday, September 07, 2017

Free Reality Leigh Winner Now!- How you can support whistleblower Reality Winner





Freedom of the Press Foundation
Reality Winner

Dear Friend,
We’re sending you this appeal because you’ve stood up with us in the past to defend accused whistleblowers from unfair prosecution. We need you to stand with us again.
Reality Leigh Winner, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran, was recently charged leaking a classified document to The Intercept that shed light on alleged attempts by Russian actors to hack into U.S. election infrastructure. She is currently sitting in jail, awaiting trial after being denied bail.
It’s up to us to give her a fighting chance by providing her the best defense possible. Please click here to donate to the Reality Winner Defense Fund to support her legal defense and push back against using the unconstitutional Espionage Act against accused whistleblowers.
First Look Media, the publishers of The Intercept, have agreed to match every donation up to $50,000 until August 30th, so we need your donation today!
Thanks in part to the document Reality is charged with leaking, we now know hackers attempted to breach the election systems in 39 states, and that state election officials resisted attempts to increase security before the 2016 election. Some election officials did not even know their systems were targeted until The Intercept’s report was published.
Instead of working to bolster our country’s digital security to protect our election systems, the Trump administration is engaging in an extremely harsh and disproportionate prosecution of Reality, using the same lawused to go after whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden.
In times like these, courageous people who bring important information to public attention need to know someone will have their back when they choose to do the right thing. Please join our campaign, donate what you can to Reality’s legal defense, and help us spread the word.
For more information, please visit standwithreality.org/donate
Standing in solidarity,
The Freedom of the Press Foundation Team

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