Contractor sentenced for NSA report leak. Image source, Getty Images. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original tweet on Twitter. What did the leaked document allege? You may be interested in watching:. Reality Winner walks into the federal courthouse in Augusta, Georgia, in June Read more. Reuse this content. A federal judge sentenced her to 63 months in prison with three years of supervised release.
The former US Air Force linguist wore an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs as she sat down in the Augusta, Georgia, courtroom Thursday morning. Winner cracked a small grin as she was comforted by one of her attorneys, who defended her character and emphasized she accepted responsibility for her actions.
Read More. In a statement, John C. Demers, assistant attorney general for national security, praised prosecutors and agents for holding Winner accountable.
Winner was sentenced after entering a guilty plea to one felony count of unauthorized release of national defense information to the website. In a Tweet, Allen said that Winner's release was "not a product of the pardon or compassionate release process but rather the time earned from exemplary behavior while incarcerated".
The Justice Department announced in June that Winner had been charged with removing classified material from a government facility in Georgia.
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