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The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.
The decision by Judge Aileen M. Cannon not to issue an immediate ruling raised the possibility that President-elect Donald J. Trump would take office in the meantime and have power over the report’s release.
The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials.
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
Just 15 men remain at the prison, down from hundreds when it opened 23 years ago. But the costly operation could go on for years.
While the findings are dated, they come as many current and former Justice Department officials fear that the incoming Trump administration will run the department with an eye toward score-settling.
Both the Justice Department and the judge who oversaw the case were asked to stop the public release of the report.