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CIA Officer Prosecuted for Leaking Classified Info to Journalist in...
Oh boy. Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has been arrested and charged with leaking classified to a journalist concerning interrogation at GTMO, including the identity of persons involved in...
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An Exculpatory Footnote to the Kiriakou Indictment
I just wanted to add one point to Bobby’s thorough post on the Kiriakou indictment from earlier today. As Bobby quoted from the DOJ press release: According to the complaint affidavit, the...
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Indictment of John Kiriakou
John Kiriakou was previously arrested, and charged via criminal complaint, on grounds relating to disclosure of classified information. He has now been indicted (here). I believe the charges are the...
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Defense Motions in U.S. v. Kiriakou
Last week, two defense motions were released in United States v. Kiriakou, the much-publicized prosecution now ongoing in the Eastern District of Virginia. (Steve Aftergood has copies of the filings...
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Consolidated Reply and Motions Hearing in USA v. Kiriakou
Last week, security officials unsealed John Kiriakou’s consolidated reply - in which the defendant takes on the government’s opposition to his motion for a bill of particulars, and his motion to...
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Motions Hearing Today in U.S. v. Kiriakou
This morning, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema denied ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou’s request for more detail about the government’s allegations against him, while preserving his ability to revisit...
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Constitutional Challenges Denied in U.S. v. Kiriakou
This just in – sort of. On Wednesday, Judge Leonie Brinkema denied John Kiriakou’s motion to dismiss certain counts against him on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. Not at all surprising stuff,...
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An Explainer on the Espionage Act and the Third-Party Leak Prosecutions
The press scandals keep on coming for the Obama Administration. Hot on the heels of revelations that the administration subpoenaed the Associated Press’s phone records as part of a leak investigation,...
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