Hale’s exposures contained an a***ysis of the drone warfare program that showed—far from Obama’s claim of the surgical precision of the unmanned aerial vehicle attacks—nearly 90 percent of the people killed in the missile strikes were not the intended targets.

Hale also revealed the criteria which the Obama White House used for placing an individual on the terrorism watch list and then authorizing them to be assassinated by military personnel from remote-controlled operations thousands of miles away.

wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/28/hale-j28.html

Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking classified information exposing the U.S. drone and targeted assassination program.

Hale, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, pleaded guilty in March to one count of violating the World War I-era Espionage Act.

Hale told the judge before his sentencing, “I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take — precious human life … please forgive me for taking papers instead of human lives.”

Famed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted, “Hale’s crime was telling this truth: 90% of those killed by US drones are bystanders, not the intended targets. He should have been given a medal.”

democracynow.org/2021/7/28/headlines/whistleblower_daniel_hale_sentenced_to_45_months_for_exposing_us_drone_program

pretends to be surprised

Yup

90% though
goddamn

that 90% stat is staggering and puts into question the efficacy and value of our entire drone program but it somehow escaped mainstream cable news

And people are under the illusion that obama cut down on airstrikes just because he simmered it down a bit few months before leaving office.

That c*** def deserved a noble peace prize maybe even more than carter did.

... u could have all the answers and then just start thinking like “why...” still

like s*** doesn’t have to be like this. i refuse to believe that it does.

genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it was 90%. Those strikes are unbelievably stupid

Think it was France last year who sent a strike straight at a wedding in Mali and said no word about it until investigation came out

america the biggest terrorist organization

and some people still wanna act like that man aint a war criminal

Obama rightfully catches the blame for accelerating use of drones and killing scores of civilians

but keep in mind that after this, Trump conducted many more drone strikes than Obama, particularly in Yemen, in half the time. Trump also nixed the rules requiring drone kill counts to be officially reported

Doesn't justify what Obama did...he should rightfully catch the blame

Always the same s*** - f*** the US government til it‘s backwards

probably r neoliberal
like this is wrong on so many levels

This is the worst thing I ever read

Imagine shouting up a school and then saying all of the kids were actually terrorists and you were doing it for National security AND everyone believed you/let you off Scott free

Why are you saying you “wouldn’t be surprised if it was 90%”?

It’s not a matter of “if”
He leaked government documents that says themselves it was 90%. So there is no “if” about it

ummm....damn fam okay just a small slip up

*genuinely not surprised it's 90%

Obama should be in the hague, charged for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

He destroyed my country if I ever catch him I’m going to jail