Reality Winner was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, which prosecutors said at the time was the longest ever imposed for leaking government information to the news media.
A former Air Force intelligence analyst pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaking classified documents to a reporter about military drone strikes against al-Qaida and other terrorist targets.
The actions of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 "were inconsistent with good airmanship and international norms and standards," said a spokesman for U.S. 6th Fleet.