Reality Winner

U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media

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Reality Leigh Winner is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former National Security Agency (NSA) translator. In 2018, she was given the longest prison sentence ever imposed for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media after she leaked an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. She was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison.