From his wiki: >In court, Hale said he accepted punishment for taking the documents, and for taking innocent lives during his participation in the drone progra

From his wiki: >In court, Hale said he accepted punishment for taking the documents, and for taking innocent lives during his participation in the drone program. Noting that he is a descendant of Nathan Hale, executed for spying on the British for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Hale paraphrased his ancestor's reported last words, saying, "I have but this one life to give in service of my country." Man its seeming more and more like the US is straying from its roots. Are actions like this a canary in the coal mine for a future collapse of the union?