Drone Whistleblower Gets 45 Months in Prison for Revealing Ongoing US War Crimes

July 30, 2021 Leave a comment

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Truthout, July 28, 2021 On July 27, a federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst Daniel Hale to 45 months in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. In 2015, Hale, whose job involved identifying targets for drone strikes, provided journalist Jeremy Scahill with secret military documents […]

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Daniel Hale is a Hero, Not a Criminal

June 14, 2021 Leave a comment

by Chip Gibbons, published on The Jacobin, April 10, 2021 Former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale is being prosecuted for blowing the whistle on America’s drone program. It’s the latest in the topsy-turvy world of national security whistleblowers, who reveal illegal and immoral conduct by the US military yet face prison time as if they committed the real crimes. On Wednesday, […]

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