FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Secrets – Here's How they Caught Her

Um...the rough definition of hacking includes "... a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system" Mirriam Webster Dictionary. She downloaded the documents - hence the hacking.

(Join to see) - I know the definition. I have briefed it and many other cyber related terms to senior leaders on countless occasions. Winner did not gain access to the documents illegally, as she had authorization to access the computers/sites. She also did not tamper with the information, she printed it out on a printer (again, not illegal). Her crime was to illegally take the information out of a secure facility, without authorization, for the purpose of illegally releasing to others who do not have need to know/the authorization to view it, with the intent of harming the President of the US. That is not a hacker. As someone who has spent a better part of my career emulating what actual hackers do, I'm pretty well versed on the subject. Parsing words to fit your definition only confuses people, potentially making them believe she's something she's not. If you still don't believe me and/or want to continue parsing words, explain why she hasn't been charged for abusing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 USC 1030 which would be the applicable charge for hacking a government system.

Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - It would be up to the government to decide what charges would garner the most likely conviction, so as to why the aforementioned charges were not laid would have to be asked of those in authority. The "hacking" goes to her intent - whether she did or din not intend to remove information that was not hers to take. I don't parse words to confuse people; IMO, the term hacking has become a very broad brush, meant to encompass a wide spectrum of both legal and illegal activities.

Broad brush or not, you're not using the term correctly. This is my world and I'm giving you an expert perspective. Find an article which defines her as a hacker. Just one. Leaking information, be it from a computer or not, does not define one as a hacker.