1/25/2013
LATEST: Ex-CIA officer Kiriakou gets 30-months prison for intel leak on.rt.com/fgybhq
A CIA veteran and a man who oversaw the capture of Al-Qaeda's third-in-command has been sentenced for nearly 3 years in jail for leaking classified intelligence.
John Kiriakou was the first to blow the whistle on Washington's torture program - later revealing the name of an alleged torturer at Guantanamo Bay.
He was convicted on a law which hasn't be used for 27 years.
As for the accusations - CIA officer Ray Mcgovern believes them to be political.
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