Classified information leaked to media
Daniel Everette Hale, 33, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced July 27, 2021, to 45 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. Hale admitted meeting with the reporter in person multiple times and communicating with the reporter via phone, text message, email, and at times, an encrypted messaging platform. (OSI graphic by Mr. Albert Tubbs)