Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst behind one of the largest classified information leaks in US history, was released from military prison[1] early Wednesday morning, an Army spokeswoman said.

She was convicted in 2013 of stealing 750,000 pages of documents and videos before leaking them to WikiLeaks. Manning -- known then as Bradley Manning -- was sentenced to 35 years in prison on 20 counts, including violations of the Espionage Act. After sentencing, the ex-intelligence agent changed her name to Chelsea Manning and said she identified as a woman.

During one of his final acts in office, President Barack Obama commuted Manning's sentence in January, thereby giving her an early release date.

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