![]() ![]() I had no respect for them as living beings, no sense of them as miraculous products of evolution with an intricate social organization, no sense that they had as much right to their existence as myself.Īnd they were heedless of my overwhelming power. When I was a kid, I thought nothing of trodding on ants, long columns of tiny brown and black ants, reconnoitering for food, others returning, carrying crumbs or bits of other insects-a grasshopper’s leg, a fly’s wing. excuses itself from the jurisdiction of international law … to shield ourselves from assaults on our myth of perpetual goodness. But what kind of person doesn’t question the actions he is responsible for? Is his life of more value than the people being killed? He said, “The answer came to me, that to stop the cycle of violence, I ought to sacrifice my own life and not that of another person.” He said what he feared more than jail was the temptation not to question these drone murders. Now, he has been sentenced to 45 months for truth telling. He would be indicted under the Espionage Act, as though he were a spy, and face years in prison. Daniel knew that releasing this material would bring the wrath of the government down on him. ![]() ![]() Daniel Hale, whose portrait I’ve been painting, is the Air Force drone whistleblower who felt compelled by conscience to release classified documents showing that nearly 90% of drone assassination victims are civilians, innocent people, murdered with his help. ![]()
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