Feds Charge Former CIA Agent John Kiriakou For Illegal Leaks | Talking Points Memo

Updated: Jan. 23, 3:20PM

“Heavens no.”

That’s what John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who defended waterboarding as an effective technique used against al-Qaeda suspects, allegedly told an FBI agent when asked if he had anything to do with a story which disclosed the name of a CIA agent involved in the interrogation of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.


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