Reality Winner Denied Bail: NSA Leaker Wrote 'Disturbing' Notes Such As Burning Down White House

Reality Winner, the 25-year-old Georgia woman accused of removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet, was denied bail Thursday. Prosecutors said during a raid at Winner's house, they seized some "disturbing" notebook entries that made Winner a flight risk and danger to the public if she was released before trial, reports said.

Prosecutors told the Magistrate Judge Brian Epps during the bail hearing Thursday they had found additional information, including the notes Winner made. Investigators found handmade entries at her home during a raid, that said "I want to burn the White House down...find somewhere in Kurdistan to live. Ha-ha!”

Winner had served in the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2016, leaving as a senior airman. She was a linguist who speaks Pashto, Farsi and Dari — languages widely spoken in Iran and Afghanistan.

The Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari said investigators also found the names of three Islamic extremists listed in Winner's notebook known to federal authorities, Reuters reported.

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Winner — the first person charged with leaking classified information during the Trump administration — pleaded not guilty to a charge of "willful retention and transmission of national defense information" Thursday afternoon.

She was arrested by the FBI at her home June 3 and appeared in federal court Monday, according to a press release by the Department of Justice (DOJ). “Exceptional law enforcement efforts allowed us quickly to identify and arrest the defendant,” said Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. “Releasing classified material without authorization threatens our nation’s security and undermines public faith in government. People who are trusted with classified information and pledge to protect it must be held accountable when they violate that obligation.”

Meanwhile, in an interview with Huffington Post on Thursday morning, Winner's parents — who came to Augusta from their hometown Kingsville, Texas — defended their daughter by saying she was a patriot and she did not mean any harm for her country. “I want people to keep in mind that she’s a human being, that she did serve her country, that she would never hurt anyone,” Winner’s mother, Billie Winner-Davis said.

They said they knew Winner to be a selfless and dedicated person, who aims to help her community as well as the people she had worked with as a linguist throughout her career and that they believed Winner's case was being exaggerated.

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“This is a 25-year-old girl who served her country with admiration and distinction. But she’s now the poster child for every bad thing that happens, and the government is going to prosecute her as if she’s the number one threat to national security, and she’s not,” Winner’s stepfather, Gary Davis, said.

Her mother meanwhile, Winner-Davis shared how they laughed when Winner called her the last time from jail. “She said, ‘Mom, I’m wearing orange,’” and I said, ‘Well, I bet you’re rocking it,’” Winner-Davis said.