John Kiriakou

Released
Date of birth:09. 08. 1964
Age:62
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2010s
Inmate Number:#79637-083
State:Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 11 Months 6 Days
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John Kiriakou

Biography

John Kiriakou was a CIA case officer, and senior counterterrorism investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 2007, Kiriakou gave an interview to ABC News where he revealed the practice of the CIA waterboarding detainees which Kiriakou described as torture. On January 23, 2012, Kiriakou was charged with disclosing classified information to journalists. He plead guilty to this crime and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Case

Charges: Disclosure of a covert officer identity under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act
Arrested: Jan 23, 2012
Sentenced: Jan 25, 2013
Incarcerated: Feb 28, 2013
Released: Feb 3, 2015
Sentence: Thirty months; entered federal prison February 28, 2013 and left prison for home confinement February 3, 2015. Home confinement is excluded from the prison duration.

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