Daniel Hale
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This article is about the whistleblower and former intelligence analyst. For other uses, see Daniel Hale (disambiguation).
Daniel Everette Hale (born August 1, 1987)[1][2] is an American whistleblower and former National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence analyst who sent classified information about drone warfare to the press.[3][4][5][6][7] Hale served in the United States Air Force 2009–2013 before joining the National Security Agency and leaking classified documents to The Intercept. In 2021, he pled guilty to retaining and transmitting national defense information and was sentenced to 45 months in prison. As of October 2021, he was incarcerated at United States Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois, with a scheduled release date of July 5, 2024.[8]