The Donald Trump administration has arrested a government contractor named Reality Winner after she leaked classified NSA intel about the Trump-Russia scandal to the media. In the process, the Trump administration tacitly confirmed that the leaked intel is indeed real. Now the stage is set for explosive testimony by NSA Director Mike Rogers before Congress.

Now the entire world has confirmation of what the NSA already knew: the Russian government hacked into voter registration databases ahead of the 2016 election in order to determine precisely how to rig the election in Donald Trump’s favor. Was NSA Director Rogers already planning to reveal that information during this testimony this week? If not, it’ll be the centerpiece now.

The Democrats on the congressional committee will use their time to prompt Rogers to explain how Russia did it, how the NSA determined that Russia did it, and other key details. And since the basics are already out there publicly, there isn’t much point in Rogers holding back in the name of protecting sensitive NSA information.

It’s enough to make one wonder if Reality Winner chose right now to leak this particular information in order to pave the way for Mike Rogers to testify about it. It also begs the question of whether she was trying to get caught on purpose so the Trump administration would be forced to confirm its authenticity by busting her. If so, then she’s taking a bold stand in the name of exposing Trump’s Russian collusion. In that sense, Reality Winner may have sacrificed herself to try to take down a Reality Loser. Follow Palmer Report on Facebook and Twitter.



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