The Justice Department this week charged a former Central Intelligence Agency officer with leaking classified information to the media about the capture and brutal interrogation of a suspected al Qaida operative. John Kiriakou, 47, a 14-year veteran of the CIA, was charged with, among other crimes, divulging the names of two CIA colleagues who interrogated al Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah and lying to FBI agents when questioned about the leaks. Kiriakou, who will plead not guilty, is the sixth person targeted by the Obama administration for allegedly leaking secret information—more leak prosecutions than all previous administrations combined.
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