On 5/11/19, jim bell wrote:

Keep in mind that the "maximum sentence" usually reported by the clueless media is the values, 5, 10, 15, 20, etc values which are typically quoted in the statutes themselves. This was seemingly valid about 30+ years ago, but since has been replaced by the "Federal Sentencing Guidelines, a formula that usually results in a far lower sentence.

On Friday, May 10, 2019, 9:20:04 PM PDT, Razer wrote: A former US intel analyst was arrested Thursday under the Espionage Act. He allegedly leaked dox about the US Drone War program. Daniel Hale faces up to 50 yrs in prison, accused of disclosing 11 top secret/secret documents to a reporter.

"...unnamed government sources have told media outlets that the reporter is investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept..."

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/10/trump_steps_up_war_on_whistleblowers

National Bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWYNOWVwiU Interviews Commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p92wPlchHKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnPGdVPU5Q

On 5/11/19 11:57 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

If this took place before The Intercept burned Reality Winner, shame on The Intercept. If it took place after, shame on the leaker.

Postscript: The Reality Winner incident did come /after/ the publication of docs apparently submitted to The Intercept by Daniel Hale. So, he had no obvious way to know where NOT to send TS dox.

On 5/12/19 12:44 AM, jim bell wrote:

On Saturday, May 11, 2019, 9:10:31 PM PDT, Steve Kinney wrote:

On 5/11/19 11:57 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

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If this took place before The Intercept burned Reality Winner, shame on The Intercept.  If it took place after, shame on the leaker.

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Postscript:  The Reality Winner incident did come /after/ the publication of docs apparently submitted to The Intercept by Daniel Hale.  So, he had no obvious way to know where NOT to send TS dox.

Years ago, I recall reading that early on in the history of inkjet printers, even 1990, 'features' were built in the printers to detect if the printed document "looked like" a US dollar, small yellow dots, precisely placed to encode source data, were written over the face of the document. It seemed to me that removing the yellow cartridge, plus a thorough exhausting of the residual material, would improve the security.

Based on what I heard, it wasn't clear that such security dots, or other features, were used for non-currency-counterfeiting applications.   It sounds from these recent incidents as if inkjet printers are putting identifiable information on virtually any printouts.

Wikipedia has a good article on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography

The Nobel Peace Prize takes a standing ovation for poignant winners as Barack Obama demonstrates disappointment in drone strikes since the problem with them is that they "probably had less collateral damage" than the alternatives, even though those drone strikes "caused an inordinate amount of civilian casualties". Such an upstanding sociopath really demonstrates the force of the Nobel Peace Prize program better than any other winner before Obama. Bravo, ex-president "Drone-Bama" Obama - you are owning being a sociopath like an alpha - BRAVO. Watch: Obama Casually Admits His Drone Strikes Killed "Inordinate Amount" Of Innocent Civilians https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-obama-still-defends-drone-strik... Tue, 12/01/2020 - 21:05 On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 12:28:19PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

A little quote of honesty from Barack Husein "Drone-bama" Obama, all but hidden inside 700 pages of crap:

‘Killing for optics’? Obama claims he ‘took no joy’ in drone strikes, but ordered them to avoid looking ‘soft on terrorism’ https://www.rt.com/usa/507180-obama-drone-strikes-book-emanuel/

Former US President Barack Obama has sparked an anti-war backlash after saying in his new memoir he “took no joy” in ordering deadly drone strikes, reasoning that his administration “couldn't afford to look soft on terrorism.”

… This didn’t age well.Obama and Biden promised to end the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.Instead, they expanded Bush’s wars from 2 to 7, and increased drone strikes ten fold. https://t.co/84zLcbApBD — Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) November 18, 2020

… The ‘Drone Papers’ leak in 2015 revealed that, at least during one period, 90 percent of US drone strike victims were“not the intended targets.”

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On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 11:57:20PM -0400, Steve Kinney wrote:

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On 5/11/19 12:16 AM, Razer wrote:

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A former US intel analyst was arrested Thursday under the Espionage Act. He allegedly leaked dox about the US Drone War program. Daniel Hale faces up to 50 yrs in prison, accused of disclosing 11 top secret/secret documents to a reporter.

If this took place before The Intercept burned Reality Winner, shame on The Intercept. If it took place after, shame on the leaker.

I saw a story indicating that prior to publishing the material submitted by Ms. Winner, The Intercept called the Feds to verify that the zip code on the package matched the facility their source told them it came from. Not certain this actually happened - but given what came next I do not doubt it.

The Intercept published at least one high quality scan of a document sent by Ms. Winner, with the printer's watermarks intact: This told world + Feds the printer's serial number, and time the document was printed. When I read about that, I went to The Intercp's site and downloaded the image in question. I bumped up the contrast and tweaked its colors a bit: Viola, the repeating watermark pattern jumped right out.

Starting on the date The Intecept openly and publicly burned Ms. Winner - whether through shocking ignorance and negligence, or by design - anyone who sends them 'dangerous documents' has no one to blame but themselves the first morning they wake up in a Federal prison.

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