Summer 2024 IN THIS E-BULLETIN DRONE WHISTLEBLOWER DANIEL HALE IS FREE!! NUCLEAR RESISTERS SUSAN CRANE AND SUSAN VAN DER HIJDEN IN GERMAN PRISON CEASEFIRE ARRESTS ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA TOP 9,000 IN NINE MONTHS TWO WOMEN ARRESTED AT USAF LAKENHEATH LEONARD PELTIER DENIED PAROLE TEN ARRESTS AT KANSAS CITY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PARTS PLANT […]
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Photo posted on Twitter by the Daniel Hale Support Network
Daniel Hale was released from federal prison to home confinement in February, more than a decade after his arrest for disclosing documents and speaking publicly about the limits and failures of U.S. drone warfare. An ankle monitor was attached to supervise his location at all times until the completion of his sentence on July 5.
Following a protracted prosecution for violating the Espionage Act, Hale eventually pled guilty in 2021 to a 45-month sentence. He served most of his time behind bars at the notorious Communications Management Unit (CMU) of the federal prison at Marion, Illinois, where his correspondence, phone calls and visits were limited and closely monitored. Correspondence that had been withheld during his imprisonment at Marion was given to him upon release.
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Lakenheath Alliance for Peace photo
Angie Zelter and Ginnie Herbert were arrested at a protest at a U.S. air force base in Suffolk, England on July 20, and were held for nearly 24 hours before being released from custody.
The arrests came on the sixth day of a peace camp established outside RAF Lakenheath to protest the return of U.S. nuclear weapons to the U.K. Around 60 people attended a rally which took place on a grass verge outside the base, and listened to speakers including CND general secretary Kate Hudson. Several women donned T-shirts spelling out “NO NATO” and briefly formed a line across the main entrance.
Five women then walked through the main gate of the base, intending to deliver a letter to the base commanders, asking them to stop U.S. nuclear weapons returning to Lakenheath. Suffolk police officers intercepted the women, informed them that the base commanders would not be coming to meet them, and asked them to leave or be arrested under the Serious Organized Crime Prevention Act. Three of the woman left, while Zelter and Herbert sat down and said they would stay until a base commander was available to meet them. Both were arrested and taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Station, where they were questioned and released on bail, with formal charges to be given at a later date.
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