first, can you respond to the arrest of daniel hale? think i can't comment on this case but what i can say yet another is escalation of the war r on the press by the trump administration. donald trump has taken the war on the press that george bush and barack obama started and is now escalated by noland -- beyond anything we have seen. the justice department under trump has been so thoroughly politicized that they are going after every possible whistleblower and reporter and any kind of leak they can find in order to silence the press and silence whistleblowers who are trying to reveal the truth about both the national security state and other aspects of the trump administration. amy: can you explain why it is you think he was arrested now? what they're alleging happened something like five years ago under the obama justice department, which decided not to charge daniel hale. >> that is why i am sayingng i ththink this is papart of trum's escalation of the war on the presss beyond anything we have seen before. going back over every poss

well he's 31 years old his name is daniel hale and he's a former u.s. intelligence official and member of the national security agency and apparently he is facing up to 50 years in prison for leaking classified government information he was arrested in nashville tennessee now the indictment against him says that he revealed information to an unnamed reporter the name of that reporter is not disclosed in the indictment but that he gave that information over to this reporter who then published it in their book and that this material was related to u.s. anti-terrorism activities and warfare strategy now at this point many people are looking over the info in the indictment and seem to believe that it winds up with information that was given to the intercept which is an online publication and to jeremy scahill now that is not being confirmed at this point the intercept is not confirming that but some people some people are seeming to speculate that that's the case let's review what the intercepts said when asked about whether or not this was their source who

well at this point we understand that thirty one year old daniel hale a former intelligence official for the national security agency has been arrested in nashville tennessee he is now facing charges that could land him up to fifty years in prison now according to the indictment essentially they're alleging that that he handed over information to a reporter this was information regarding the u.s. drone strike program and that this reporter then published it in their book and that this information is classified u.s. government information was made available to this reporter who then made it public now it is not clear in the indictment no reporter is named to the name is left out many observers seem to believe that apparently the record does match that of the intercept of the newspaper of the intercept of the online publication and jeremy scahill and that the book in reference is the drone papers which is a book that jeremy scahill published now the out that has neither confirmed nor denied that that is the case and that this is their source let's review some of what has been revealed

we should all care what happens to daniel hale.is a precedent setting moment, not jujust legally, but morally, because this is not t e end. this is the beginning. and they wilill eventually c coe fofor other news organizations r they will scare media outlets from doing high-h-stakes nationl securityty reporting. it doesnsn't t matter what you k of any of these individual whistleblowers.. it d doesn't matter what yoyou k of the intercecept, but it does matter that t we all r recognize that this is an a attack on her basic rights to information about what the u.s. governmentnt does in our names and with our tax dollars. it matters that people who blblw ththe whistle e on crimes and wr crimes be defended, notot aband, c criminals ass valid or traitors. all of us must ask ourselves where we stand. history will remember our answers. amy: "why should care about trump's were on whistleblowers come go a new video by the intercept featuring jeremy scahill, cofounder of the intercept, who is joining us now live in the studio. also with us, p

government maintains that daniel hale released critical information about military operations against, including terrorist ideas and identitiese who were screened because they were suspected of being involved in terrorism. he could be facing 50 years in prison. >> ed: trace, appreciate that report. new questions being raised as to whether facebook is doing enough to keep political and terrorist propaganda office platform. chairman of the subcommittee of counterterrorism. it is see you, congressman. >> thanks for having me. >> ed: what is your sense of where facebook is involved? >> an incredibly disturbing report that just came out good facebook often brags, when we have seen incidents about terrorist content on the platform, they brag that they had it under control, they have an ai platform that can deal with this, they have personnel allocated, and then we see problems like this, where 60% of terrorist content is leaking through their screen controls, and being amplified. it is a gigantic problem, and they have got to tell us what they are doing to solve this. we requested three wee

allegedly leaking sensitive information about washington's covert drone warfare program to the media daniel hale who was arrested on thursday served as a language analyst for the air force between 292013 in 2011 he was also assigned to work for the national security agency and given top secret security clearance it's alleged to during that time he established communication with a reporter and provided him with documents stolen from n.s.a. . computers tale was indicted under the espionage act on 5 charges related to theft retention and transmission of classified information each carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison the press freedom organization reporters without borders has sharply criticized the arrest arguing it represents a direct threat to investigative journalism with more now on the story has kept it moving. many observers are noting that the information provided in the indictment seems to indicate that it's possible he could be the person that leaked information to the intercept and reporter jeremy scahill that was later published in his book the drone paper's however the inter

rights groups have called a method for extrajudicial executions can get you in a lot of trouble for daniel hale an n.s.a. officer and now suspected whistleblower that could mean up to 15 years in jail that echoes chelsea manning she's just recently been released from jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury but she could return soon as she's already got another subpoena now to be fair u.s. leaders have long talked about their deep conviction over civilian deaths the architecture of the legal texture around to the use of drone strikes or other committed strikes wasn't as precise as it should have been and there's no doubt that civilians were killed but shouldn't have but apparently it was u.s. president barack obama who ordered the creation of a new missile device that would increase the percentage in accuracy of these predator drone strikes and minimize civilian casualties it's apparently called the ninja bomb now it may be the pentagon's worst kept secret they have not officially confirmed it but so far several military officials have said that it's being used it's argued that the new

allegedly leaking sensitive information about washington's covert drone warfare program to the press daniel hale was arrested on thursday working as a language analyst for the air force between 292013 in 2011 its alleged deal so was assigned to work for the national security agency and given top secret security clearance and that is the time it's thought that he established communication with a reporter and began supplying him with documents stolen from n.s.a. computers is the allegation hail was indicted under the espionage act on 5 charges related to the theft or attention and. and submission of classified information each of those charges carries up to 10 years in prison the press freedom association reported to the board as that was criticize the arrest and stressed its opposition to the espionage act with caleb maupin this morning. many observers are noting that the information provided in the indictment seems to indicate that it's possible he could be the person that leaked information to the intercept and reporter jeremy scahill that was later published in his book the drone paper's howev

allegedly leaking sensitive information about washington's covert drone warfare program to the press daniel hale who was arrested on thursday served as a language analyst for the air force between 292030 it's alleged 2011 while he was assigned to work for the national security agency and given top secret security clearance that all this happened it's alleged during the time that the he established communication with a reporter and then provided said reporter with documents stolen from n.s.a. computers hale was indicted on the espionage act on 5 charges related to the theft of the retention of the transmission of classified it. from asia he's one of those carries a 10 year prison term the press freedom organization reporters without borders though has sharply criticized his arrest arguing it represents a direct threat to investigative journalism with more on this story this weekend caleb maupin though. many observers are noting that the information provided in the indictment seems to indicate that it's possible he could be the person that leaked information to the intercept and reporter jeremy sc