NSA leaker Reality Winner gets more than 5 years in prison

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Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty in June to leaking classified information about Russian interference in the 2016 election, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison.

The former National Security Agency contractor was the first person prosecuted by the Trump administration for leaking classified information.

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