Ex-NSA official charged with leaking classified drone documents
Daniel Hale is accused of giving top secret files on drone warfare to a journalist at an online news outlet
A former National Security Agency (NSA) official has been charged with giving classified documents on drone warfare to a journalist, amid a crackdown on government leaks by Donald Trump’s administration.
Daniel Hale is accused of leaking top secret files that were published by an online news outlet. The outlet was not identified by prosecutors, but the files described appear to match those published in a series by The Intercept.