Washington — A top-secret US report showing that hackers from Russian military intelligence tried repeatedly to break into US voting systems before 2016’s presidential election raised new alarms on Monday about the extent of Moscow’s meddling. But the alleged leak of the National Security Agency (NSA) document by one of the tens of thousands of private contractors to US spy agencies, barely one month after the report was written, became the newest embarrassment for the US intelligence community. Keen to crack down on a flood of leaks, almost immediately after the report was published, the Trump administration announced the arrest of 25-year-old intelligence contractor Reality Leigh Winner, on charges of violating the espionage act. "Releasing classified material without authorisation threatens our nation’s security and undermines public faith in government. People who are trusted with classified information and pledge to protect it must be held accountable when they violate that obl...
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