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Comment by optimiz3

8 years ago

Eighth: It's a counter-intel operation and her identity isn't even real.

Or this whole thing is all completely fabricated...

The way politics are now I'd believe anything at this point.

we are asked to believe a HS grad is a triple linguist, named Reality Winner, and within first few months on job ever with NSA was allowed to print and email a TS doc. and that she was arrested on same day within hours

so yes, there is at least circumstantial evidence this was not a "real" thing that happened. either a plant or make believe

  • Air Force Cryptolinguist training is up to 480 days[0]. So, someone out of high school can sign up to the Air Force and complete the training in a little under 2 years. Her first job as a cryptolinguist would be working at a DoD related agency working on TS material. So yes, you are asked to believe this because this is a common occurrence.

    [0]https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/cryptologic-language...

    • One of the smartest people I've met had this exact job immediately after HS. If this is the type of career you want it's actually a very good path. It gets you relevant experience while most of your HS classmates are still in college, you can get a degree either during your tour or immediately after, debt free, and by the time you're done you've been pretty extensively vetted.