This is just the beginning of this heartfelt amazing letter written by Daniel Hale to the Judge and the Court as prosecutors seek a maximum sentence against him. Here he delivers this powerful handwritten letter describing his motivations to the court. Hale was indicted by a grand jury and arrested in 2019 on a series of counts related to the unauthorized disclosure of national defense and intelligence information and the theft of government property. In March, the 33-year-old pleaded guilty to leaking a trove of unclassified, secret, and top-secret documents to a news organization, which government filings strongly implied was The Intercept. His sentencing is scheduled for July 27.
