The CIA has, once again, convinced an outlet to sit on a story for an extended period of time: Newsweek with its scoop that the US was involved in the car bomb killing of Imad Mugniyeh.
CIA’s Merlin Was Arranging Fake Nuclear Deals on an AOL Account Shared with His Wife and Kids
February 6, 2015
Witness after witness in the Jeffrey Sterling trial made claims about how closely held the program was. “More closely held than any other program,” Walter C, a physicist who worked on the program described. “More closely held,” David Shedd, currently head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and head of Counterproliferation Operations until just after the […]
Two Minutes and Forty Four Minutes and Eleven Seconds: The Smoky Case against Jeffrey Sterling
January 26, 2015
The evidence that Jeffrey Sterling served as a source for James Risen’s planned 2003 New York Times article on Merlin consists of two minutes and 40 four minutes and 11 seconds of calls.
Introducing Mrs. Merlin: To Prosecute Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Exposed an Asset
January 25, 2015
The government made a big show of protecting CIA’s secrets during the Jeffrey Sterling trial. But behind the show, they were exposing another asset, Merlin’s wife.
Jury Questions: Alleged Espionage Is Confusing
January 23, 2015
The jury in the Jeffrey Sterling trial has already had 3 substantive questions — two of them on venue.
The Sterling Closing Arguments: Who Is the Hero, Who Is the Storyteller?
January 22, 2015
At the close of the Jeffrey Sterling trial, the government presented a story of patriots, heroes, and betrayal. The question is whether they pointed out enough evidence to convince the jury Sterling did betray their heroes.
Government Tries to Implicate Sterling with Calls to CIA’s House Reporter
January 22, 2015
The government apparently thinks it is incriminating that Jeffrey Sterling might have had brief contacts with one of the CIA’s favored outlets for CIA views.
Government Tries to Convict Jeffrey Sterling for Retroactively Classified Documents about Rotary Phones
January 21, 2015
The government is trying to convict Jeffrey Sterling based off three documents dating to 1987 about dialing a rotary phone.
Government Pioneers Hairdresser Venue-Shopping in Jeffrey Sterling Case
January 21, 2015
“There is no such thing as a hairdresser privilege,” Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in the Jeffrey Sterling trial today.
CIA’s Small World at the Jeffrey Sterling Trial: Racial Profiling and Leaked Identities
January 19, 2015
The Jeffrey Sterling trial intersected with two other notable CIA cases last week, but the jury is unlikely to learn about them.
