A former central intelligence agency officials are expected to spend 2 1/2 years imprisonment sequestrant name tells a reporter, this is the first time in 27 years someone will went to the prison to blow the lid of the central intelligence agency agents.
John Kiriakou, 48 years old, said on Tuesday the identity of the concealed agent a plea.
In the 2008 years of E-mail, many of these cases, he helps reporter related activities, such as waterboarding, cia interrogation "base" organization operation, "ABU fathers to Hector Kiriakou show the name of the agent.
Plea closed a six cases of prosecution, Obama government has been pursuing positive exercise on suspected leak classified information.
His justice sued leakage cases than the sum total of all previous governments, according to accord with multiple news agency.
The magistrate Leo beenhakker, ni, cloth LinKeMa call is expected to two-and-a-half years of a "reasonable cases", and points out that this is the same sentence, in a separate case, the judge gave a former White House aide lewis "scooter" libby in 2007 blow CIA cover.
A jury convicted libby perjury of the cases who identified concealed cia operative Valerie plame's identity, her husband, a former ambassador Joseph Wilson, had criticized the war in Iraq. US President George w. bush commute libby's term, keep him out of the prison.
Recent successful prosecution a CIA agent trip was in 1985, when Scranage Sharon, embassy in Ghana, plea will information to a boyfriend Ghana government relations.
The name of the agent appeared in court documents
In 2004, Kiriakou retired from the CIA. By 2007, he made a public speech - including on TV - face and "of Hector trial about waterboarding and his participation.
The United States government began to investigate Kiriakou, in a wide range of leakage probe. The name of the agent in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), detainees defense lawyers in court document writing, they have a breakthrough.
Kiriakou to trial next month's disclosure charges and four other expenses. When the charge is brought to the front page 1 month, he said that he was innocent.
But this month, cloth LinKeMa rule, won in judgment conviction, the government don't need to prove Kiriakou didn't mean to hurt the United States.
Kiriakou made a deal with prosecutors made in Virginia on the east side of the United States district court for singular, and exchanged his request.
Cia director David petraeus praised as a necessary confidential victory belief.
"Shi do, and indeed more than the consequences of the law, to protect our colleagues believe who they are," general David petraeus said, in a statement, he said purpose is the cia employees.
Kiriakou keep him out of the United States is not being unfaithful, or through the to own, his lawyer said Robert's corps.
"Today's request of any weaken the importance of the John service value, his contribution, the security of our nation." Trout in a statement said to the reporter, he will never do any harm to his country's intention.
Prosecutors in the maintenance of the CIA's secret regret. "Leak highly sensitive and closely held, classification information compromise national security, can put personal life was in danger," the United States federal prosecutors Neil MaiKeBu ladd said in a statement.
Combined with a plea deal
Kiriakou simply attacked prosecutors (Tuesday) in 30 minutes of court hearing.
He said LinKeMa cloth, prosecutors asked him in court documents describing what he contact reporter too much, and others close on a memoir, about Kiriakou life as a CIA agent, and with the federal bureau of investigation agents.
Information, he said, this is the inflammation not to leak to the he confessed.
Part of the agreed to judge, in the court file call information "appearance". But she said, it will not affect his sentence.
In the exchange rate change, begged, prosecutors agree to give up other expenses and 2 1/2 years, Kiriakou limit of the prison.
This sentence is next Kiriakou lawyers and procurators of the terms of the deal between binding, but, cloth LinKeMa scheduled January formal sentencing hearing.
According to the federal law faced a maximum punishment Kiriakou, filling a electric for 10 years.
Trout tell cloth LinKeMa, prosecutors to provide Kiriakou before he was charged guilty plea, but the proposal was rejected.
"In my judgment, this is favorable" on Tuesday to accept an offer Kiriakou, trout said. He did not give details.
Serving Kiriakou the minimum safe stalag in Pennsylvania, if the us prison bureau agreed to defense lawyers and procurators of the arrangement between.
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