By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An FBI agent testified Wednesday that there is no direct evidence that an ex-CIA officer leaked classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports.
But the agent said CIA man Jeffrey Sterling was often in contact with journalist James Risen as prosecutors finished up their case based on phone and email contacts. Prosecutors recently declined to force Risen to testify.
Sterling is charged with leaking information about a classified mission that Risen wrote about in his 2006 book “State of War.”
Sterling has long denied being the source.
