User:Geo Swan/Daniel Everette Hale

Daniel Everette Hale is an American intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking secret documents. Hale, who held the rank of airman, when he worked for the US Air Force later worked as a contractor for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

The Associated Press noted that Jesselyn Radack, his lawyer, specialized in defending whistleblowers. Radack described Hale as a "classic whistleblower".

On May 19, 2019, the day he pled not-guilty, reporters speculated that Jeremy Scahill, of The Intercept, was the reporter he is alleged to have linked to, and that Scahill used the leaked documents for a widely admired espose on the US use of missile-armed unmanned aerial vehicles, in Pakistan.

On September 18, 2019, prosecutors argued evidence about Hale's motives should not be presented in court.

If convicted Hale could receive a sentence of up to 50 years.