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(108,033 posts) Fri Jul 23, 2021, 06:54 PM Jul 2021

Ex-airman: Guilt over drone strikes prompted to leak secrets [View all]

Source: AP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Air Force intelligence analyst said his guilt over participating in lethal drone strikes in Afghanistan led him to leak government secrets about the drone program to a reporter.

Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after pleading guilty to violating the Espionage Act by leaking top secret documents.

In court papers filed Thursday, Hale's lawyers asked that he receive a 12- to 18-month sentence, which would be well below sentencing guidelines.

In an 11-page handwritten letter from the Alexandria jail where he's being held, Hale outlines what led him break the law, describing his regret and horror as he saw gruesome videos of Afghans killed in part because his work helped track them down.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ex-airman-guilt-over-drone-strikes-prompted-to-leak-secrets/ar-AAMrU8T?li=BBnb7Kz

No such thing as a clean war.

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Ex-airman: Guilt over drone strikes prompted to leak secrets [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP

I will say, as I have since 911 UpInArms Jul 2021 #1

You're part of a fairly small minority on that point. brooklynite Jul 2021 #23

Am used to being a "Small minority" UpInArms Jul 2021 #24

This reminds me of the movie ItsjustMe Jul 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #3

I wonder what he thought the military's job was when he joined. EX500rider Jul 2021 #4

He probably didn't think about killing children Sewa Jul 2021 #5

Then he followed the wrong career path... paleotn Jul 2021 #7

Same with my father, he fought in the Pacific and Korea and didn't want me MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #9

Then he should have gone about it the correct way, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #8

Thankfully for everyone, he's not asking for your sympathy. LanternWaste Jul 2021 #10

You misunderstand me, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #11

Not sure why you thought you needed to reply to me with your MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #12

Internal channels or otherwise, it's a huge risk to their safety TiberiusB Jul 2021 #13

He still broke the law and this doesn't change my opinion that he's MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #14

I read the whole article, there was no mention of children, that your own embellishment? EX500rider Jul 2021 #16

It was mentioned in another article I read regarding this case Sewa Jul 2021 #19

Re the military... Mawspam2 Jul 2021 #6

So the military is only here to kill anyone regardless of the circumstances TiberiusB Jul 2021 #15

The Taliban & ISIS both fighting out of uniform is what causes the civilian deaths. EX500rider Jul 2021 #17

The U.S. abandoning Afghanistan for Iraq opened the door to the Taliban to return TiberiusB Jul 2021 #20

And all that is irrelevant as to whether the Taliban fighting out of uniform.. EX500rider Jul 2021 #21

Why would a troop withdrawal from Iraq fix Afghanistan TiberiusB Jul 2021 #22

US troops peaked at 100,000 + NATO troops, how many did you want? EX500rider Jul 2021 #25

I knew it would be during the Obama administration. betsuni Jul 2021 #18

Ex-airman sentenced to 45 months for leaking drone info Eugene Jul 2021 #26