Complete transcript: The trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling
February 19, 2016
CIA Mission: Destroy the Whistleblower and Perfume the Stench of ‘Operation Merlin’
February 4, 2015
The leak trial of CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling never got near a smoking gun, but the entire circumstantial case was a smokescreen. Prosecutors were hell-bent on torching the defendant to vindicate Operation Merlin, nine years after a book by James Risen reported that it “may have been one of the most reckless operations in the […]
The Invisible Man: Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Whistleblower
January 27, 2015
The mass media have suddenly discovered Jeffrey Sterling — after his conviction Monday afternoon as a CIA whistleblower. Sterling’s indictment four years ago received fleeting news coverage that recited the government’s charges. From the outset, the Justice Department portrayed him as bitter and vengeful — with the classic trash-the-whistleblower word “disgruntled” thrown in — […]
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.
CIA Leak Trial: “This Case Is Not About Politics” [sic]
January 26, 2015
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Continuing to deliberate as this week gets underway, the jurors in the CIA leak trial might ponder a notable claim from the government: “This case is not about politics.” The prosecution made that claim a few days ago in closing arguments — begun with a somber quotation from Condoleezza Rice about the crucial need […]
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.
Sterling Prosecution Long on Rhetoric, Short on Evidence
January 23, 2015
To hear the prosecution side tell it in the ongoing trial of Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who is accused of a national security leak involving Iran, Sterling has potentially (emphasis on potentially): * placed a CIA “asset” at risk; * hurt recruitment of other defectors, informants and turncoats; * scared other current “assets” […]
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.
Leak Trial Shows CIA Zeal to Hide Incompetence
January 22, 2015
Six days of testimony at the trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling have proven the agency’s obsession with proclaiming its competence. Many of the two-dozen witnesses from the Central Intelligence Agency conveyed smoldering resentment that a whistleblower or journalist might depict the institution as a bungling outfit unworthy of its middle name. Some […]
