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May 10, 2019

Former U.S. Intel Analyst Charged Over Whistleblowing About Drone Program
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A former U.S. intelligence analyst was arrested Thursday and charged
with violating the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking documents about
the secretive U.S. drone program. 31-year-old Daniel Hale was arrested
in Nashville. He faces up to 50 years in prison. Hale was enlisted in
the Air Force from 2009 to 2013 during which he worked with the National
Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at the
Bagram Air base in Afghanistan where he helped identify targets for
assassination. He later worked as a contractor for the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Hale is accused of disclosing 11 top
secret or secret documents to a reporter. The indictment does not name
the reporter but unnamed government sources have told media outlets that
the reporter is investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of the
Intercept. After headlines, we'll go to Maryland to speak with The
Intercept's Senior National Security Correspondent, James Risen.


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