
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Shadowproof <<a href="mailto:dissenter@substack.com" class="">dissenter@substack.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">At Carswell, More Than 500 Women, Including Reality Winner, Have Tested Positive For COVID-19</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">July 20, 2020 at 6:07:48 PM CDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" class="">galliher@illinois.edu</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Shadowproof" <<a href="mailto:reply+fvbu&68v1&&aff6b200557814b117a9120000491a488f3c8d6ca432c3e98fc427634a8e3cc0@mg1.substack.com" class="">reply+fvbu&68v1&&aff6b200557814b117a9120000491a488f3c8d6ca432c3e98fc427634a8e3cc0@mg1.substack.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="email-body-container" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""></td><td width="550" class="content"></td><td class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td class=""></td><td align="left" width="550" class="content"><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 550px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 550px;" class=""><div class=" post-header" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"><h1 class="post-title long published" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: "SF Compact Display", -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0.378em 0px 0px;"><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVkd1uozAQRp8m3IEMuAQufLFtmiwoP5tummx7g4w9gBNjEDah5OnX2UiVVvJYo5kjfdIcRg1UbT-RrtXGGTT0ueAkSHwc-A4nmPvxU-wInZc9QEOFJKYfwOmGQgpGjWjVnU9i36lJXJZRVDBazDGPEwyIRwkuIWJsDn7ASueekdOBC1AMCFyhn1oFjiS1MZ2ehT9mwdI-LrQGZaD39FBoQ9nFY21jF50talxGez2ClG7T9uCamir3CSF3bBtQrlBM2gRVzcKlaS-gZuECpsxnwXH6E8hLem6n3eEVbc6vOlXPVxa-lfS0F7szQ5vFHm3EKOhpiSz3tT1c_M25CraLD7x-yToWbsROZCM_pWZ3qL5Sy7LwKCwr2Cq58Rd_-jwtz3wlr4XIEm9YH4_p-xbnKL1l4QS_R7r86f9S7x_rSEVZg8Zpldci_9xrR5AABQjN7R-iOY4930MDTWDC9W24zjBqquC_gzg9qaiUoobeboXtVCu0B3y468kt0QxKmCkHRQsJ_GHOPEz_U2GmDoiCUUsw9tyPodU5xwjjwLFhvLXOFfk28hdAN8GJ" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none;" class="">At Carswell, More Than 500 Women, Including Reality Winner, Have Tested Positive For COVID-19<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a></h1><h3 class="subtitle" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: "SF Compact Display", -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.16em; margin: 4px 0px 0px;">NSA whistleblower alleges retaliation from staff over media coverage</h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" custom post-meta" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="post-meta-item author" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUEGOwyAMfE25NQJCmuTAoZf9RkTATawSiMBklb5-6VZaaSXLsjwjj2esIVhiOvUeM7GSIU3otByFkoI5rZwYuoFhnh4JYDPoNaUCbC-zR2sIY3jzx0GwVbfQCjeK2Q23WbWg5KMXnbp1s7uBtV3L3hqTKQ4hWNBwQDpjAOb1SrTnS3u_yK9aDnOGQJCaXOZMxj4bG7cK7BB3D3WQ3SBFf33CgeG6xPyi6A1DLbnkvK-95b0aGtHwYkY41foqx0XxbZH_TrKkF-M9rpAqinUKEXMDrrwNTpWxlYB0ThDM7MF9vNMnq18zdO6gA3xnD1Qf_ixrIL3iSklWxVysqQX95-kH9NR_kQ" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); display: block; text-decoration: none;" class="">Kevin Gosztola</a></td><td class="post-meta-item post-date" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Jul 20</td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span class=""><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUk1zmzAQ_TXmVkYSYOMDh7a2UzxJqO3EjnNhhFibxSAokkzwr6-I2850RrOr2X378fQkuIZz0w1R2yjtGAVdinnE5tRn1MkjP6dhEDqo0lMHUHOsIt0ZcFqTVSi4xkaO-HlInSLiUy6ymRfMhRBAT-HJ97wgDE9AKKWBIM44I-UmR5ACIrhCNzQSnCoqtG7VxPs6YSt7clQKpIbOVSZTmouLK5raJniL1l6pNWMr6z5X-tIBF-MqE2-lmwtYv4BhTQXbD2-susRlMyQvS_JULlUsv12Ftz3xwwaTUpCnxYY8YY-i3hdHb9tmzMcEH1HyDT5-X7fHtxG3pMnL65AsjuS5PKu4rm5iiKe2Fz0iCZLFcsTe8kNsa9fD-2FV5g_VNcP13L39_PWD9ebQJ9mHJ_zXpCyJjPcPu2S3ffYKngbv677_2G1W_YRNja5T1ZhOgOXwl_2feA05mnrkNpJ2MGKEETKz1iMzP3SpSwyfw-AXN3Od-KQ-s_8e0OmiM68qLKCzWbQ32aByITejnKlF1EaiHlKQPKsgvyut7z_jUzo9tBBJ6FUF2spzD1r5Zz7xfebYYXljd5PRPwV_AxUF0ZM" class="like-button" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_30,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D20" width="15" height="20" alt="" style="float: left; height: 20px; max-width: 15px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; border: none !important;" class=""></a></span></td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUl2PmzAQ_DXhDWSME-CBh_ZySUH5aK65pHcvyLH3iBOwEbbDkV9f07SVKtmWtTvrWc8sowYq1Q1Zq7TxrIauFDzDaUhw6PGM8DCZJp7Q5UcH0FBRZ6az4LX2VAtGjVByxKdJ6J0zPON4GlOGo_BEgECSxgkOaTyLeEIBY2_kKKnlAiSDDG7QDUqCV2dnY1o9ib5M8MItLrQGaaALtD1pQ9k1YKpxidZtanxGO91DXfuN6sA3Zyr9KUJ-rxqQvpCsdgyyclhX5ULGvbww6gpyEs1hKEKGD8NPXF_zixq2-2e0vjzrXH69sejlgx53YnthaD3fobXoBT0ukMN9bvbXcH2p8Gb-RlZPRcuitdiKoufH3Gz31WfusCw6CIcVbJne-VM4vB8XF76sbydRpIFdHQ7564aUKL8X0QA_err4Fn6Xr2-rmZwVDeqHZXkW5ftOT_DMmqbUynYMXM9_VfgTb4AL24x_Gf3wRIYRRih2Z4RikgRhgCxNYSDnu71NCGoq_J-QXpdVtK7FGTqXFe4mldABcDvaWo6iWSnMUIKkpxr4w3HzmJDfFpqhhUxCr2swzqZH0I1BTBAh2HNkXLneZPbPyV_NPNSN" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); display: block; text-decoration: none;" class=""><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_28,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FCommentIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D20" width="14" height="20" alt="" style="float: left; height: 20px; max-width: 14px; stroke: rgb(117, 117, 117); vertical-align: middle; width: auto; border: none !important;" class=""></a></td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span class=""><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUl2PmzAQ_DXwFmQMCeGBh_ZySUH5aK65pHcvyNgbcAI2wnY48utrmrtKlWzLmh1pdnaWEg2l7IaklUq7RkGXc5bg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and fortunately, she has not exhibited symptoms of the virus yet.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Reality Winner is waiting on the 11th Circuit to rule on an appeal that she filed after a lower court denied her request for compassionate release.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">As her attorneys warned in May, "The entire basis for Reality’s motion—and so many like hers—is that she cannot afford to wait until she is removed from FMC Carswell in a stretcher, or worse, before she is afforded relief."</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Reality Winner pled guilty in 2018 to one count of violating the Espionage Act when she disclosed an NSA report to The Intercept. She believed the report contained evidence that Russian hackers targeted United States voter registration systems during the 2016 election. She has served well over half of her 63-month sentence.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">On July 20, the Bureau of Prisons’ number for "inmates positive" with COVID-19 spiked dramatically from less than 200 cases to 509 cases.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">The spike raises questions about the extent to which the facility has failed to report or track the spread of an outbreak that seems to increasingly be out of control.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">According to Brittany Winner, Reality Winner is in a "home unit" that is quarantining more than 200 inmates that have tested positive for COVID-19.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Reality Winner told her family that she sought "administrative remedies" for retaliation she experienced as a result of reporting that was published on her case and the prison outbreak.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">One corrections officer apparently visited Reality Winner to tell her, "I just wanted to congratulate you on your positive results," said Brittany Winner.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">As Brittany Winner recalled, the same officer confronted Reality Winner last week and refused to allow her to clean. She alleges this officer tried to have her thrown in isolation so she would not be able to talk to her attorney.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">"I think they know that she enjoys cleaning. It's how they are punishing her," Brittany Winner stated.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">For a prisoner, cleaning the little amount of space that they can call their own gives them some sense of control, and in a pandemic, that means being able to disinfect and dramatically slow the spread of the virus. But in a system, where facility personnel want prisoners to remain dependent on them, staff can impose their authority by refusing to permit cleaning is a cruel act.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">It effectively intensifies the trauma a prisoner is already feeling, as they deal with the fact they are trapped in a facility in which it is nearly impossible to social distance from fellow prisoners.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Brittany Winner shared a story from Reality Winner about an incarcerated person, who has diabetes, COVID-19 symptoms, and can barely walk on the stairs. They tried to have this woman do Reality Winner's paid prison detail.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Furthermore, according to Brittany Winner, Reality Winner said the virus spread in a hospital unit with chemo and dialysis patients after someone who tested positive was allowed into the unit.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">There are isolation units that did not have prisoners with COVID-19, but that is not the case anymore. Reality Winner believes this is a result of staff coming and going and spreading the virus.<br class=""><br class="">Previously, The Dissenter reported that Reality Winner’s bunkmate tested positive and was removed from her unit.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Reality Winner's prosecution was a high-profile prosecution and received a substantial amount of attention. The warden at Carswell, as well as the staff, are well aware that she can marshal press coverage to a degree that no other prisoners in the facility can and may have even marked this down in her file.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">When CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Loretto in Pennsylvania, his file was marked with, "CAUTION – Inmate has extensive access to the press," and, "CAUTION: Publicity.”</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">"[Staff] will do everything in their power to stop prisoners from telling the world what conditions are like in these prisons, and they'll operate both within the rules and outside the rules," Kiriakou declared. "They know that there is so little that a prisoner can do to protect herself that they push the envelope daring that prisoner try to do something about it."</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">"In my case, the media were my friends because they allowed me a voice that I otherwise would not have had. And, yes, I was punished for being outspoken in the media," Kiriakou added. "But it was worth it."</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">Joe Whitley, an attorney for Reality Winner,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkEGO5CAMRU9T7IiAIpNkwaI3fY2IBKfKGgoiMJXOnH6cLgkZ8_nyt97qCR65nG7PlUSrUGYMzkzaGi2Cs0GP_SiwzlsBeHmMjkoDsbcl4uoJc7r806jF0-ll_KM3M5q-t8O6bP069pPeYBiMN0YrcWXMvgWEtIKDN5QzJxDRPYn2ert_3cw3n-M4uuiPbs0vfgUOPQvsuVBOEROwZpRRfKnht-dSwEekUx6YEhRJUKlKjkPCN8gtF7nmNwapJ4lJbhCg-Cj3gjWnSyH48ZXnCHTXbDVwvavBjp3uVPMTnPb5r71vVr0epqttqeTXv9eGoriHjxGfUPgXuUsZawehXZBmdrxa4tVmSH6JED786MP7FwidO7gER41ABOUjMtTBKmuN4LCQmXxyAWuFxJb_ZX2WMA" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: underline;" class="">told</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>R. Robin McDonald at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://law.com/" class="">Law.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that they hoped the 11th Circuit would permit her to "serve the balance of her sentence in home confinement."</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">"She fits all the parameters that have been set by the Bureau of Prisons for release. It serves no real purpose to have her confined any longer, given the incidents of COVID at Carswell," Whitley added.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;" class="">***</p><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;" class=""><em class="">Reality Winner has not emailed or mailed any messages to The Dissenter. Everything we have published comes from Reality Winner's family, and the Bureau of Prisons should cease their retaliation against Reality Winner immediately.<br class=""><br class="">Image from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://standwithreality.org/" class="">StandWithReality.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and used with permission.</em></div></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" post-meta big custom" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; padding: 7px 16px 7px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span class=""><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUk1zmzAQ_TXmVkYSYOMDh7a2UzxJqO3EjnNhhFibxSAokkzwr6-I2850RrOr2X378fQkuIZz0w1R2yjtGAVdinnE5tRn1MkjP6dhEDqo0lMHUHOsIt0ZcFqTVSi4xkaO-HlInSLiUy6ymRfMhRBAT-HJ97wgDE9AKKWBIM44I-UmR5ACIrhCNzQSnCoqtG7VxPs6YSt7clQKpIbOVSZTmouLK5raJniL1l6pNWMr6z5X-tIBF-MqE2-lmwtYv4BhTQXbD2-susRlMyQvS_JULlUsv12Ftz3xwwaTUpCnxYY8YY-i3hdHb9tmzMcEH1HyDT5-X7fHtxG3pMnL65AsjuS5PKu4rm5iiKe2Fz0iCZLFcsTe8kNsa9fD-2FV5g_VNcP13L39_PWD9ebQJ9mHJ_zXpCyJjPcPu2S3ffYKngbv677_2G1W_YRNja5T1ZhOgOXwl_2feA05mnrkNpJ2MGKEETKz1iMzP3SpSwyfw-AXN3Od-KQ-s_8e0OmiM68qLKCzWbQ32aByITejnKlF1EaiHlKQPKsgvyut7z_jUzo9tBBJ6FUF2spzD1r5Zz7xfebYYXljd5PRPwV_AxUF0ZM" class="like-button" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_45,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30" width="22.5" height="30" alt="" style="float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 22.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; border: none !important;" class=""></a></span></td><td class="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