But Kirakou and other security experts have said that by sharing images of the printed leaked document, the reporters may have inadvertently led authorities straight to victor.
"I think she's doing OK", she said, adding, "I just want her to be treated fair".
In her spare time, victor lifted weights and taught the occasional yoga class.
The Intercept also said Russian hackers, specifically the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, may have penetrated further into US voting systems than previously known, including executing cyber-espionage to get information from a USA company last August about elections-related software and hardware. She was arrested Saturday at her home in Augusta, Ga., but the case was not announced until Monday.
Winner posted under a pseudonym, Sara Winners, but didn't seem concerned with concealing her identity, using a photo of herself as a profile picture and posting a selfie in February.
The US Department of Justice said in a statement that victor printed out a classified document from her office computer on May 9 and mailed it to The Intercept.
"The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security "leakers" that have permeated our government for a long time". While in the Air Force, she served as a linguist and speaks Pashto, Farsi and Dari.
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"We don't know what exactly was in the document, if the document that is now being circulated, if that's the document, the government is going to have to prove how that injured the United States and how that benefited Russian Federation", says Nichols.
Victor remained locked up Tuesday on federal charges that she made copies of classified documents containing top-secret material and mailed them to an online news organization.
With a focus on government leaks, The Intercept offers a number of suggestions for prospective informants, including being cognizant of what they share on social media, and not contacting publications directly from work.
She is accused of leaking a classified intelligence report with "top secret level" information. The online news site also worked closely with Snowden, the NSA contractor who revealed details of the Fort Meade-based agency's surveillance programs. She also mentioned that Reality was an animal-lover who wasn't especially political.
Winner's mother said she was stunned when her daughter called over the weekend, saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrived at her home and that she was being arrested.
The Intercept said the NSA document was dated May 5, and did not say how they acquired it. That probably wasn't the best way for the news outlet to protect its source. A person familiar with the case said the charges stem from the document given to the Intercept. And so the government now knows that there's this leaked document, and they start investigating. But she added that if victor did leak the documents, she'd be willing to accept the consequences.
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