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CIA Leak Trial: “This Case Is Not About Politics” [sic]

By Norman Solomon

January 26, 2015

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 […]

Tagged With: Barry Pollack, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, Eric Olshan, James Risen, James Trump, Jeffrey Sterling, Leonie Brinkema, Operation Merlin, United States of America v. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling

Sterling Prosecution Long on Rhetoric, Short on Evidence

By John Hanrahan

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” […]

Tagged With: Alfred Cumming, Ashley Hunt, Barry Pollack, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, David Shedd, Donald Stone, Edward MacMahon, Eric Olshan, James Risen, James Trump, Jeffrey Sterling, Leonie Brinkema, Operation Merlin, Senator Pat Roberts, Vicki Divoll, William Duhnke

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