Orange is the new uniform: Reality Winner is being held in Lincoln County jail as she awaits arraignment in federal court Thursday

Reality Winner's stepfather, Gary Davis, addressed her unusual name during an interview with DailyMail.com on Wednesday – and said that it had been bestowed on her by her late father, Ronald Winner.

'It's tough to see the vitriol and savagery from people who don't know who she is and don't know anything about it other than what they see in the government's filing or some story on her. They make assumptions because her name is something odd, that she's a crackpot,' Mr Davis said.

'It's not the case – her Dad named her. Reality is the youngest of all of our children.'

Reality Winner has an older sister, Brittany, from her mother's first marriage to Ronald Winner. She also has a half-sister, Sarah-Nicole Winner, from her late father's first marriage and three step-siblings , Cole, Lyndee and Ross Davis, from her stepfather's first marriage.

Mr Davis said that Reality's father had the honor of naming his second daughter.

'He always wanted to have a 'Real Winner' so he named her Reality Leigh Winner. It's just a beautiful name. The plan was to call her Leigh because Reality is kind of a strange name but everyone who knew her just loved the name Reality and it stuck with her. I forget sometimes that she has ever been called Leigh – she's always been Reality.'

Mr Davis said that she goes by her full name, Reality, which caused a few problems when she went to set up social media accounts.

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On Wednesday, her stepfather, Gary Davis (right), addressed her unusual name during an interview with DailyMail.com – and said that it had been bestowed on her by her late father, Ronald Winner. Also pictured is her mother, Billie-Winner Davis

Mr Davis said that she goes by her full name, Reality (pictured), which caused a few problems when she went to set up social media accounts. 'Some people try to pronounce it as something else – but it's Reality, that's all it is. Everyone who knows her, loves her,' he said

'Facebook would not let her use Reality until she contacted the administration of Facebook and sent them a copy of her driver's license before they allowed her. Then they got that straightened out.

'Some people try to pronounce it as something else – but it's Reality, that's all it is. Everyone who knows her, loves her.'

The alleged NSA leaker's parents also told DailyMail.com on Wednesday that they wanted her to receive a fair trial and not be judged in the court of public opinion as they revealed that she was already helping prison inmates by teaching yoga.

Billie Winner-Davis and Gary Davis, spoke inside their daughter's humble home in Augusta, Georgia, as they anxiously awaited the outcome of their daughter's hearing on Thursday, where a federal judge will decide whether she will be held or freed on bail ahead of her trial.

Reality was arrested at the property on Saturday on federal espionage charges after she allegedly leaked a report on Russian hacking to a news website.

Winner-Davis took a call from Reality at Lincoln County Jail during the interview and said that her daughter was urging her mother to stay strong.

At her home: Reality Winner's mother and stepfather are in Augusta to support their daughter, who is in a local jail awaiting arraignment Thursday

The 25-year-old is being held in general population, the parents said, but that she wasn't afraid for her safety - although it was becoming uncomfortable for her as people realized who she was.

'I don't think she's afraid,' her mother said.

'She said that everyone there is so nice and that the staff are wonderful. She's finding ways to work out and do yoga, and teach yoga because that's her passion.'

Davis said: 'She's been able to call a couple of times a day but it comes up with another name. I think the inmates who aren't using their call time are giving her the opportunity.

'She's said, "All these women are in here for assault but they are all really, really nice." One woman is a meth addict and she's been trying to teach her yoga to help her relax.'

Her parents said she had never been in any trouble with authorities – bar one food fight she once organized in middle school – and do not believe that she has done what she was accused of.

Fascination with religion: Reality Winner's home has a framed version of one of the Muslim religions' principal prayers, the Ayat al-Kursi

Faith: The Arabic-speaking linguist attended her local Episcopal church and had brought home a Palm Sunday cross before Easter. She also had a small statue of Ganesh, the Hindu elephant-headed god

Pride: Reality Winner kept mementos of her time in the US Air Force including a picture of her time at linguistics school

Patriotic duty: Gary Davis, Reality's stepfather said: 'I want to talk about Reality and remind folks that she is a veteran who served her country for six years in the United States Air Force. She did it with distinction'

Bernie Sanders-supporting Reality Winner served as a linguist in the US Air Force since 2013 and spoke Pashto, Farsi and Dari. Pictured here in uniform with her mother Billie

They questioned the methods with which the government had released information about the allegations against their daughter.

'Nothing matches for me at this point,' her mother said. 'She's not in the Russian world, so why would she go looking for something and how would she know to look for something?

'None of that matches to me. She's smart – would she really do something that would be so obvious?'

Her mother said that Reality would not talk about the details of her job but was well aware of the protocols surrounding security at the NSA following the Edward Snowden leaks.

Mr Davis questioned the wording of the government's affidavit and suggested that it was misleading.

'It mentions that she had emailed The Intercept. She had emailed The Intercept to request a transcript of a podcast that had to do with climate change,' he said.

'Her second email to The Intercept was a follow-up, to find out what the status of her request [for the podcast] was. They are alleging that somehow this is connected and it's just not.'

Winner had also held a meeting with a U.S. representative for her district to talk about climate change and the North Dakota pipeline.

Davis added: 'What has been put out by the government isn't the complete story and it's serving the government's interests and what they are alleging.

'We just want all the facts to be brought forth and presented to the public and an unbiased jury.'

Reality Winner's small home reflects the interests of the 25-year-old Air Force veteran.

She often rose at 5am to workout at a local cross-fit gym, one friend told DailyMail.com today, and was in training for an upcoming weightlifting competition.

Comrades: Winner was photographed at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center with other students and instructors

Happy time: Winner's enjoyment of her time in uniform was evident in the photographs she kept as souvenirs

Pride: Gary Davis said that as well as her qualifications she received a commendation for her linguistics work which directly led to the elimination and capture of hundreds of enemy combatants

Devotion to Arabic: When she was in Maryland, Reality Winner spent time with an Arabic-speaking storekeeper practicing the language and he gave her this rug as a keepsake. It is now in the room she had used for yoga

Athletic: Reality Winner often rose at 5am to workout at a local cross-fit gym, one friend told DailyMail.com today, and was in training for an upcoming weightlifting competition. She competed in a 2015 half-marathon

One room of the small home lay almost empty for her yoga practice – apart from a rug which had been a gift from a store owner in Ellicott City, Maryland where she would spend time with him practicing her Arabic language skills in conversation.

Several sets of prayer beads and a book on peace were also in the room.

On one wall there is a framed version of the first 'surah' in the Koran, known as the Ayat al-Kursi, and often used by Muslims during prayers.

She was not a Muslim and in fact attended a local Episcopalian church - reflected in a crucifix on another wall, and a Palm Sunday cross.

Other religions are also represented, with a statue of Ganesh, the Hindu elephant-headed God.

Beatles albums decorated one wall and her parents said she was a super-fan of rock band, AFI.

A guitar case lay against one wall – her mother said she had taught herself to play.

An Olympic workout bar also lay on the floor. She was devoted to fitness and outside of her government contractor job, she worked as a yoga and spinning instructor.

And on the walls are memories of her time in uniform.

She received a commendation for her linguistics work which directly led to the elimination and capture of hundreds of enemy combatants, her stepfather said.

Hope for peace: The book on her floor was a copy of the work of the Japanese martial artist Morihei Ueshiba

Still doing yoga: Billie-Jean Davis said with pride that her daughter was doing yoga with inmates at the jail despite being from a radically different background

Winner's social media reveals she was a Bernie Sanders supporter who regularly tweeted her disapproval of the Trump administration

Winner taught at the Oh Yeah Yoga located in Augusta,Georgia

She also worked out and visited the Epic Ultimate Results gym Augusta

'She's gone above and beyond to serve this nation. That's really what I want to tell people who brand her as a traitor - they don't know her and all the great things she has done. She hasn't been convicted.

'This young lady signed up, put her life on the line, wanted to deploy to Afghanistan and serve but because she was a linguist, she didn't get to deploy.

'She contributed directly to the fight for the War on Terror and to the safety of Americans at home and her brothers and sisters on the front lines. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force and I want everybody to remember that.

'Everyone who knows her, loves her.'

Her stepfather had a message for people who had prejudged her. 'I want to talk about Reality and remind folks that she is a veteran who served her country for six years in the United States Air Force.

'She did it with distinction. She has never been in trouble. She did serve and she put her life on the line, she offered to give her full measure for this country and the job that she did was important.

'For her to be disparaged as a veteran, insults every veteran out there who has done their patriotic duty.

'The most important thing is that she gets a fair hearing, due process and not be convicted in the court of public opinion.

'She needs to have her day in court and a jury of her peers will determine if she has done anything wrong and at that point she will do whatever is required of her to do.'

Her mother added: 'We just ask that people not judge her, that we let all of the facts and the truth come out before people make up their minds. She hasn't been convicted of anything as of this point.'

THE ANTI-TRUMP SAYINGS OF COMRADE REALITY WINNER The alleged leaker used social media to make her views of the president clear - raising questions over exactly how she gained Top Secret clearance. Her postings included: She also posted a signed picture of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, thanking her for her service Advertisement

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT

A series of 'tracking dots' that were inadvertently published by The Intercept on leaked documents could have led to the arrest of the NSA contractor.

Now, blog Errata Security has revealed how a series of nearly-invisible yellow dots that appeared at the top of the leaked pages would have allowed security services to track the leaker down with ease.

The leaked documents seemed to show Russia carried out cyber attacks on companies which produce software used during elections.

According to analysis carried out in 2015 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, almost every modern printer secretly adds 'tracking dots' to every document.

The dots appear in a grid at the top of the first page and bottom of the last page, with some spaces filled in and others left blank.

Blog Errata Security revealed how a series of nearly-invisible yellow dots at the top of the pages which appeared on The Intercept allowed the leaker to be traced

The dots (made easier to see by inverting colors on the documents) are added by virtually every modern printer to the top and bottom of every document they print

The dots form a grid with some squares colored in and others blank. When flipped upside down and fed into special software, this reveals when the page was printed, along with the model and serial number of the printer

Once investigators had this information, it would have been a simple job of checking with the NSA where printer 29535218 was kept and who was using it at 6.20 on May 9

Once flipped upside down, that pattern can be fed into software which reads it.

The software will then tell the user the exact date and time the document was printed, as well as the model and serial number of the printer it came from.

In the case of the NSA documents, that was a printer with model number 54, serial number 29535218, and the document was printed on May 9, 2017, at 6:20, Errata writes.

Because the NSA almost certainly keeps a record of all its printer serial numbers, it would have been a simple job to track the machine to Georgia.

All agents would then have to do is check who was using the printer at 6.20 on May 9 - information the NSA almost certainly keeps on record.

According to the criminal complaint, agents identified Winner after ascertaining that six people had printed the leaked information.

Once those six people had been identified, agents checked the email accounts of those staff members and saw that Winner was the only one who had emailed an outside news source.

When confronted, the report says she admitted leaking the information.

'Exceptional law enforcement efforts allowed us quickly to identify and arrest the defendant,' the arrest document said.

Winner is the first person to be charged over leaking confidential documents after President Trump vowed a crackdown on informants.

'Winner is a contractor with Pluribus International Corporation assigned to a U.S. government agency facility in Georgia,' according to a government criminal complaint.

'She has been employed at the facility since on or about February 13, and has held a Top Secret clearance during that time.

'On or about May 9, Winner printed and improperly removed classified intelligence reporting, which contained classified national defense information from an intelligence community agency, and unlawfully retained it.'

'Approximately a few days later, Winner unlawfully transmitted by mail the intelligence reporting to an online news outlet,' according to the release.