A former Air Force intelligence analyst who once helped find targets for deadly U.S. drone strikes has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking top-secret details about the program.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Air Force intelligence analyst who once helped find targets for deadly U.S. drone strikes was sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking top-secret details about the program.
But U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady told Hale he had other avenues for airing his concerns besides leaking to a journalist. Citing the need to deter others from illegal disclosures, he imposed a punishment that was harsher than the 12- to 18-month term sought by Hale’s attorneys but significantly more lenient than the longer sentence sought by prosecutors.
Hale’s stated rationale that he was attempting to expose injustices surrounding the military’s drone program has earned him support among whistleblower advocates and among critics of the government’s war efforts, some of whom held supportive signs outside the courthouse and attended Tuesday’s sentencing hearing.
The arguments Tuesday were less about whether Hale leaked the records — he openly acknowledges doing so — and more about his rationale for his actions and what role that should play in the sentence calculation. Prosecutors painted Hale as eager to ingratiate himself with journalists, but Hale described himself as racked with angst over the role his actions may have played in the taking of innocent lives. He had served as a signals intelligence analyst, helping locate targets for drone strikes by tracking down cellphone signals.
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