Arlington Man, Former CIA Officer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

A former CIA officer was sentenced to 30 months in prison this month for revealing the name of a covert agent to a journalist.

John Kiriakou, 48, of Arlington, pleaded guilty in October, according to a news release from the FBI’s Washington Field Office. As part of the plea agreement, Kiriakou agreed to the 30-month sentence followed by three years of supervised release. He was sentenced Friday.

“John Kiriakou betrayed the trust bestowed upon him by the United States, and he betrayed his colleagues whose secrecy is their only safety,” U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride stated in a press release.

Kiriakou disclosed information to journalists about two CIA employees on multiple occasions between 2007 and 2009, according to the FBI.

That included information about waterboarding and other interrogation techniques used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to the Washington Post.

Kiriakou was first charged in federal court in January 2012, when he was forced to surrender his passport and ordered not leave the Washington metro area.

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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou is sentenced to 30 months in prison for leaks (Washington Post)