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Timeline: Reality Winner's career and arrest

Photo from Facebook of Reality Leigh Winner,  a 25-year-old federal contractor in Augusta, who has been charged with taking top-secret material — including national defense information — from a government facility and mailing it to a news media outlet.
Photo from Facebook of Reality Leigh Winner, a 25-year-old federal contractor in Augusta, who has been charged with taking top-secret material — including national defense information — from a government facility and mailing it to a news media outlet.
By , and Shawn McIntosh
June 6, 2017

Timeline: Reality Winner's career and arrest

NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner was arrested on June 3, 2017 in Augusta on charges of leaking classified information to The Intercept. This timeline will update as more information becomes available.

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Pete Corson is a Presentation Specialist for the Digital Storytellers team and works closely with the Enterprise and Investigative teams. He has worked at the AJC since 1998. He enjoys bringing the best of the paper's journalism to life on your digital devices and finding new ways to tell the stories that make Atlanta unique.

J. Scott Trubey is the senior editor over business, climate and environment coverage at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, real estate and economic development. He joined the AJC in 2010.

Shawn McIntosh is the editorial director for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, overseeing news content and directing investigative reporting and data journalism.Shawn McIntosh is the editorial director for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, overseeing news content and directing investigative reporting and data journalism.

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