Matt DeHart

Matt DeHart is a former U.S. Air National Guard intelligence analyst who was prosecuted for allegedly running a data server which hosted files destined for WikiLeaks and allegedly dealing with the FBI investigating the CIA’s potential role in the anthrax attacks of 2001. DeHart was tortured during interrogation at the U.S.-Canada border and ultimately arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. He was finally released from prison in 2019.

• Update: Matt DeHart’s release and conditionsAugust 7, 2019
  Matt is in a transitional program with a scheduled release date to Leann and Paul’s home on October 3rd, 2019. In some ways the hardest part of his ordeal is yet to come.
• Matt DeHart launches legal challenge against sentence extensionJuly 20, 2018
  Habeas motion filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky, contesting multiple infringements of Matt’s due process rights
• BOP rejects Matt DeHart’s appeal to reinstate time-servedApril 24, 2018
  BOP’s response fails to explain the lack of due process; now that Matt has exhausted all administrative avenues for redress, he will challenge the arbitrary decision in court
• Matt DeHart sentenced to 7.5 years in jailFebruary 22, 2016
  Matt, who has already served 3.5 years, was sentenced in accordance with the plea deal he was coerced into signing late last year
• Matt DeHart sentencing scheduled for 22 February in TennesseeFebruary 2, 2016
  Matt is expected to be sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; sentencing is 22 Feb. 2016 at 11:30 CST at the Nashville, TN Federal Court House
• Government threatens 40 years in jail; Matt DeHart forced into plea dealNovember 12, 2015
  With a potential decades-long sentence looming, Matt has been cornered into signing an agreement that likely means four more years of jail time
• Thomas Drake’s statement in support of Matt DeHartMarch 3, 2015
  NSA whistleblower and Courage Advisory Board member on what it’s like to endure the brunt of the US national security state, and why we should support Matt DeHart
• Matt DeHart named as third Courage beneficiaryMarch 2, 2015
  The 30-year-old former US National Guard drone team member and alleged WikiLeaks courier was deported to the US less than 24 hours ago after asylum claim declined by Canada