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The Kabul Strike: Drone Whistleblowers Speak Out On How Normal It's Become To Kill Muslims

MQ-9 Reaper Drone (Photo: United States Air Force) During a hearing on Capitol Hill, General Frank McKenzie, the commander for United States Central Command, contended a drone strike that killed an aid worker and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan, did not occur under any pressure to retaliate. The drone operators

Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale In Carceral Limbo While US Generals Shirk Responsibility For Deadly Strikes

The Daniel Hale Support Team releases the drone whistleblower's full statement from sentencing on July 27.

How A Drone Whistleblower In Montana Survived A Political Prosecution

Not only did drone whistleblower Brandon Bryant and his defense defeat a political case, but they convinced a jury to acquit Brandon a day early.

Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence For Releasing Drone Documents

Daniel Hale (Photo: Bob Hayes) Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison. It was a severe sentence but not the harshest sentence ever issued in an Espionage Act prosecution against a former United States government employee or contractor for the “unauthorized disclosure” of information. The

Obama Justice Department Officials Wouldn't Approve Charges Against Daniel Hale

Now the United States Justice Department under President Joe Biden embraces a political prosecution inherited from the Trump Justice Department.

Daniel Hale Pens Letter For Judge Describing How He 'Came To Violate The Espionage Act'

"The truest truism that I’ve come to understand about the nature of war is that war is trauma," Daniel Hale shared with the judge.

Drone Whistleblower Jailed Ahead Of Sentencing In July

Drone Whistleblower Jailed Ahead Of Sentencing In July

A federal judge ordered drone whistleblower Daniel Hale's arrest, and United States authorities took him into custody on May 4.