National Editor's Brother Figures in CIA Leak Case
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The Sunday Times fronts a largely sympathetic article about John C. Kiriakou, described by the article as "the first current or former C.I.A. officer to be convicted of disclosing classified information to a reporter."

From the article:

F.B.I. agents discovered that a human rights advocate hired by the John Adams Project, John Sifton, had compiled a dossier of photographs and names of the C.I.A. officers; that Mr. Sifton had exchanged e-mails with journalists, including Matthew A. Cole, a freelancer then working on a book about a C.I.A. rendition case in Italy that had gone awry; and that Mr. Cole had exchanged e-mails with Mr. Kiriakou. The F.B.I. used search warrants to obtain access to Mr. Kiriakou's two personal e-mail accounts.

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National Editor's Brother Figures in CIA Leak Case
smartertimes.com

The Sunday Times fronts a largely sympathetic article about John C. Kiriakou, described by the article as "the first current or former C.I.A. officer to be convicted of disclosing classified information to a reporter."

From the article:

F.B.I. agents discovered that a human rights advocate hired by the John Adams Project, John Sifton, had compiled a dossier of photographs and names of the C.I.A. officers; that Mr. Sifton had exchanged e-mails with journalists, including Matthew A. Cole, a freelancer then working on a book about a C.I.A. rendition case in Italy that had gone awry; and that Mr. Cole had exchanged e-mails with Mr. Kiriakou. The F.B.I. used search warrants to obtain access to Mr. Kiriakou's two personal e-mail accounts.

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