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John Kiriakou Plea Provokes Bitter Name-Calling Among Lawyers

allan11 years ago11 years ago01 mins

By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON –– Is John Kiriakou a leaker or a patriotic whistleblower? Some rare, public name-calling among lawyers close to the case has broken out over the question. Some of the ex-CIA man’s most fervent supporters claim the government is persecuting a patriot who helped expose CIA water boarding and the…

Ex-CIA Spy Retracts Statement About Waterboarding

allan14 years ago14 years ago02 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — There’s no shortage of B.S. in this town. Enter John Kiriakou, the former CIA operative. Reporter Jeff Stein has penned an article in Foreign Policy magazine saying that Kiriakou’s claim that waterboarding quickly unloosed the tongues of hard-core terrorists was simply misleading. Stein writes that “Kiriakou, a 15-year veteran…