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NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner by NPR

NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner

from Fresh Air

by NPR

Published: Thu Sep 11 2025

Show Notes

Veteran Air Force linguist Reality Winner was working at the NSA in 2017when she leaked a classified document to the press about Russian election interference. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. She was sentenced to five years in prison and was released in 2021.Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy. She spoke with Terry Gross.

Also, John Powers reviews the MUBI series Mussolini: Son of the Century about the ferocious rise of the Italian dictator.

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