Monday, January 26, 2015

Former CIA officer convicted of leaking information - Noe Perales

Federal jury Monday convicted former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling for revealing to reporter James Risen highly classified deaths of a U.S. operation designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

Sterling, 47, of Missouri was convicted of 6 counts of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and other charges.

The verdict followed a weeklong cloak-and-dagger trial which CIA agents and former Russian nuclear engineer known only as "Merlin" testified behind a screen and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice talked in open court about how she persuaded editors at the New York Times to kill a proposed story about the operation. talk about freedom of speech emirate.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 1, 2015 at 5:54 PM

    They shouldn't be imprisoning someone for exercising their right to free speech.

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