The Intercept's exposed sources
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The Intercept's exposed sources is the pattern John Kiriakou says makes the outlet dangerous to the people who bring it material.

The pattern

Introducing Daniel Hale's decision to take the Drone Papers there, Kiriakou called the choice "actually quite controversial, because many national security whistleblowers who have gone to The Intercept have found themselves to be sent to trial and then on to prison."

The cases he names are specific. "NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, for example, went to The Intercept, they exposed her identity. FBI whistleblower Terry Albury went to The Intercept, and they exposed his identity."

His own is the third: "the two national security journalists at The Intercept, Richard Esposito and Matthew Cole, were the journalists responsible for sending me to prison." And the fourth is Hale, "the same thing that happened to all of us happened to Daniel Hale at The Intercept."

The question he leaves open

Kiriakou does not assert a motive. He puts it as an alternative and lets it stand: "what is going on there? Are they that unprofessional, or are they somehow connected to the national security establishment?"

See also

- The Intercept
- Matthew Cole
- Daniel Hale
- The Drone Papers
