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Friday, April 24, 2026

Rep. Omar & Issue Experts Push for Commutation of Incarcerated Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale - CodePink

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Matt Howard [email protected]

At a press conference this coming Thursday, December 15th Representative Ilhan Omar, alongside issue experts and supporters will speak to the importance of Air Force veteran Daniel Hale shedding light on the opaque drone program and why the Biden Administration needs to issue an immediate commutation

**Speakers available for interview**

Who: Representative Ilhan Omar, award-winning investigative journalist Spencer Ackerman, Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, Steven Donziger of the groundbreaking Chevron lawsuit, Daniel Hale’s sister Ruth Bray and Natasha Erskine of About Face: Veterans Against the War.

What: Press conference with issue experts, supporters, and family advocating for the Presidential commutation of currently incarcerated Drone program whistleblower Danie Hale

When: Thursday, December 15 at 11am ET / 10 am CT / 9am MT / 8am PT

Why: A little more than a year ago Air Force veteran Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in Federal prison with extreme measures put in place to limit his communication with the outside world. Daniel was accused and convicted of leaking sensitive government information, when in truth the information he revealed didn’t put anyone in danger and uncovered the deep inaccuracies inherent in the drone program. Hale has spoken powerfully to his moral decision to blow the whistle, saying to the judge at sentencing:

I am here because I stole something that was never...



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