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Ex-CIA officer accused of leaking interrogator’s name

Associated Press

  January 24, 2012

In the latest criminal case in the Obama administration’s effort to punish leakers, an ex-CIA officer who helped track down and capture a top terror suspect was charged Monday with disclosing classified secrets about his teammates to the media. John Kiriakou, 47, of Arlington, Va., is charged with violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and the Espionage Act.

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