ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for leaking the name of a secret agent implicated in harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda suspects.
Kiriakou, 48, pleaded guilty before a federal court in October to having knowingly disclosed the name of an undercover CIA agent to a freelance reporter, as part of a plea bargain to avoid trial.
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