US government contractor arrested after NSA leak report
A US government contractor has been arrested on suspicion of leaking top-secret information to a news outlet.
Reality Leigh Winner, 25, allegedly removed classified material from a government facility in the US state of Georgia.
The charges were announced shortly after the Intercept published a National Security Agency briefing about alleged Russian political meddling.
The Trump administration has been railing against leaks to the media.
Ms Winner was arrested on 3 June, the justice department said.
She is a contractor with Pluribus International Corporation and had been employed at an NSA facility in Georgia since February, reports NBC News.
The accused faces a count of "gathering, transmitting or losing defence information", according to the network.
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