and let me add one more thing about the kind of person daniel hale is i know daniel personally. and i know that he's been struggling to work since his arrest like all of us do who wants to hire someone who's been charged with national security felonies well he got a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant here in washington d.c. and he was recently fired why was he fired because he was trying to organize the kitchen workers into a union that's how much he cares about his fellow man that no matter what the cost is to him he's willing to take that risk that's the kind of guy he is. and john do you think the 1st amendment and the freedom of the press can survive the u.s. espionage in today's america. no not in. not as the founding fathers intended it no i i don't believe that it can you know there's been this incremental whittling away especially as it relates to the espionage act since the very beginning of the obama administration remember that between the passage of the espionage act in 1917 and the inauguration of barack obama in 20093 americans were charged with espionage for spea

intelligence analyst daniel hale the 31 man who blew the whistle on the u.s. government's drone assassination program was forced to plead guilty for violating the espionage act yes that dusty old woodrow wilson era 917 law the 21st century leaders like bush obama and donald trump have been using to silence u.s. government whistleblowers that that law raised its ugly head again this time under the reign of u.s. president joe biden's justice department according to the washington post hale shared 8 secret and 3 top secret documents with the journalist believed to be the intercepts jeremy scahill and that the documents detailed in the protocol for ordering drone strikes and shed light on civilian casualties an internal military debates over the accuracy of intelligence in response to hill's indictment betsy reid the editor in chief of the intercept told the media quote these documents detailed a secret unacceptable process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens all through drone strikes they are of vital public importance and ac

john kerry alco again told us that despite the consequences daniel hale feels he did what he had to do. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the ground i believe that we're we're a nation of laws and we have to abide by those laws whether we like them or not if we don't like them we should change them go through the process and change them if congress has not declared war on a country we don't have a right to attack it we just can't

analyst and whistleblower who was forced to plead guilty in his own case spoke personally with daniel hale he thinks the us federal government should be held to the same legal standard as it holds others. i actually spoke with daniel about 3 hours ago about this very subject the scary thing here is that he has pleaded guilty to one count under the espionage act but the prosecutors have not yet dismissed the remaining charges what they're doing is they're waiting to see just how severe daniel's penalty will be and they'll then decide whether or not they should they should dismiss those charges this is unlike anything i've ever seen so he really doesn't know what he's in for at sentencing on july 13th there is no affirmative defense we are prohibited by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here ch

law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence you mention that he was reporting a war crime what are your thoughts on the u.s. drone warfare program in general are there any problems with how it's being utilized. you know i i'm a stickler for the rules i believe that we're we're a nation of laws and we have to abide by those laws whether we like them or not if we don't like them we should change them go through the process and change them if congress has not declared war on a country we don't have a right to attack it there are 3 ways in which you can launch these often strikes legally that is one if that country has attacked us that too if the country has invited us to launch these drone strikes in order

by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him. it is often international as we gear up for monday's historic anniversary of the 1st human operate above the planet there in our team we continue our special coverage for you and of russian cosmonaut tells us the personal belongings he'll be taking to space on the perfect hair length to 0 gravity that and much more just about. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world tran

by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julius signage it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him by this is auti international we are continuing our special coverage ahead of monday's historic out of a story of the 1st manned space flight just a little bit later in the program a veteran of space travel to share just the workout you need to be fit for lift off that and much more in just a moment. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him. developments this sunday a blackout that on the ground nuclear site in iran is being described as an act of terrorism by government officials the not ons facility suffered an outage early on sunday a day off for the president unveiled a new set of advanced centrifuges for foster you raymond richmond media and israel say the incident was caused by a cyber attack by the israeli inte

law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian assange it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him. well the government officials in erar now describing a blackout of a nuclear site as a terrorist incident not tons facility suffered an earlier on sunday which was initially described as an electrical grid failure that happened just hours after iran launched a new set of well advanced centrifuges for foster uranium enrichment last year there was an explosion at the same facility w

in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's targeted drone assassination program last week daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting and were taining national defense information using the espionage act in this way to prosecute journalists sources and spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest particularly when it relates to national security where government secrecy is at its height these documents detail the secret unaccountable process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens through drone strikes there are vital public importance and the d.v.d. related to their disclosure is protected by the 1st amendment. well hill was an intelligence analyst during the a bomb the administration and identified targets for kill and capture the us government went after him when he disclosed documents to the intercepts for its dirty wars project in 2004 seed 2 years ago hale was arrested and charged with violating the espionage acts and other related offenses he pleaded guilty to one count of leaking

by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him and you can see a full interview with john kerry all called the latest edition of watching the hoax which is online now out on t. dot com. a connection between the astra zeneca coded vaccine and a blood clot doesn't exist so says a senior official from the european medicines agency but its cause has yet to be defined meantime the agency itself isn't rushing to link that to a shell

law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him when you can see the full version of our interview with john kerry ok on what's in the hoax throughout the day here on author national. election between the astra zeneca drab and blood clots exists yet a school has yet to be found the research funding from top officials at the european medicines agency shot at the open ski has anything off. possibly the most damning indictment that