Former intelligence analyst sentenced to prison for drone program leak

Air Force intelligence analyst gave military documents to journalist to dispel the lie that our lives are worth more than theirs'

A former air force intelligence analyst was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for leaking top secret information about the US government's drone strike program to a journalist.

Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, has said he was motivated by guilt and a desire for transparency when he disclosed to an investigative reporter details of a military drone program that he believed was indiscriminately killing civilians in Afghanistan far from the battlefield.