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      As Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Pleads Guilty, Advocates Warn of 'Profound Threat' to Free Press

      As Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Pleads Guilty, Advocates Warn of 'Profound Threat' to Free Press

      "Using the Espionage Act in this way to prosecute journalists' sources as spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest."

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 02, 2021

      Press freedom, peace, and human rights advocates are rallying behind Daniel Hale, the former intelligence analyst who blew the whistle on the U.S. government's drone assassination program, and who pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to violating the Espionage Act.

      "The U.S. government's policy of punishing people who provide journalists with information in the public interest is a profound threat to free speech, free press, and a healthy democracy."
      --Jesselyn Radack,
      Hale's attorney

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      The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Rise of Partisan Whistleblowing

      The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Rise of Partisan Whistleblowing

      This moment should spark a conversation about the place of national security whistleblowing in a democratic society.

      Hannah Gurman
      Kaeten Mistry
      Oct 18, 2019

      "We must determine the whistleblower's identity," tweeted Donald Trump, who has become obsessed with finding and punishing the individual(s) that blew the whistle on the president's dealings with Ukraine.

      "Our primary interest right now is making sure that...they are protected," responded Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Face the Nation, noting that two whistleblowers had now come forward from within the intelligence community to expose Trump's phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart.

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      The Person Advocates Say Trump Should Pardon: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner

      The Person Advocates Say Trump Should Pardon: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner

      Reacting to Trump's tweet that Winner's 63-month sentence was "So unfair," whistleblower advocates say the president should pardon her

      Andrea Germanos
      Aug 24, 2018

      Whistleblower advocates are calling on President Donald Trump to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner, who was sentenced Thursday to over five years in prison for performing a "public service."

      "I think what has been done by the Trump administration to Reality is just terrible, and it's one of the worst miscarriages of justice I've seen in a long time."
      --James Risen, The Intercept
      Winner, who was prosecuted under the Espionage Act, accepted a plea deal that sends her to prison for 63 months for leaking to the press in 2017 information that exposed a Russian cyberattack against U.S. voting systems. It's the longest sentence ever in federal court for leaking government information to the press.

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