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  1. John Chris Kiriakou (born August 9, 1964) is an American author, journalist and former intelligence officer. Kiriakou is a columnist with Reader Supported News [2] and co-host of Political Misfits on Sputnik Radio. [3]

  2. May 4, 2017 · For 14 years, John Kiriakou worked as an analyst and case officer for the CIA, leading the team that captured senior al-Qaeda member Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan in 2002.

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  3. Mar 25, 2013 · In 2007, John Kiriakou was settling into a lucrative life as a former spy. His fourteen-year career as a C.I.A. officer had included thrilling, if occasionally hazardous, tours as a...

  4. Aug 20, 2013 · John Kiriakou was the first CIA officer to reveal the agency's waterboarding program in 2007. He was later convicted for leaking the name of a colleague to a journalist, whom he accused of betraying him.

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  5. Mar 18, 2015 · John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, was convicted of revealing the identity of a covert agent and other classified information to journalists in 2012. He received a 30-month prison sentence and three years of supervised release for his actions that endangered national security and the lives of his colleagues.

  6. Jan 23, 2012 · Kiriakou allegedly leaked the identity of a covert officer and other secrets to journalists and lied to the CIA's Publications Review Board. The charges resulted from an investigation triggered by a classified defense filing in a Guantanamo case and photos of government personnel.

  7. Jan 26, 2013 · The sentencing in federal court here of John C. Kiriakou, 48, who served as an agency analyst and counterterrorism officer from 1990 to 2004, was the latest development in the Obama...