By Jeremy Redmon | MyAJC.com
Reality Winner’s supporters said they delivered petitions with more than 16,000 signatures to the U.S. Justice Department’s headquarters in Washington Thursday, asking the agency to drop its charges against the accused National Security Agency leaker.
Among those delivering the petitions on “Whistleblower Appreciation Day” were representatives from several groups, including CodePink, Defending Rights & Dissent, RootsAction.org, Whistleblower and Source Protection Program and Stand with Reality, a nonprofit campaign that is supporting Winner’s case through advocacy and fundraising.
Senators Try to Force Trump Admin to Declare WikiLeaks a ‘Hostile’ Spy Service
It’s one of a number of ways the Senate Intelligence Committee is trying to box the White House in on Russia.
By Spencer Ackerman – TheDailyBeast.com
If the Senate intelligence committee gets its way, America’s spy agencies will have to release a flood of information about Russian threats to the U.S.—the kind of threats that Donald Trump may not want made public.