By Jeffrey Sterling
Dear NAACP, National Action Network, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Congressional Black Caucus and others: Where were you? Where were you when I was faced with blatant discrimination at my job, when my employer told me I was “too big and too black” to do the job?
An open letter to civil rights groups in the U.S.
August 13, 2015
In Political Press, Hillary Clinton Gets Subjected to the Thomas Drake and Jeffrey Sterling Standard
July 24, 2015
The political press is attacking Hillary Clinton using the same standards of retroactive classification DOJ used against whistleblowers Thomas Drake and Jeffrey Sterling.
John Brennan Attempts to Fix CIA’s Diversity Problems He Has Had a Role In
July 1, 2015
The CIA says it should stop treating minority officers like it treated Jeffrey Sterling.
Assessing the Candidates: Obama’s Whistleblower War Leaves Dangerous Legacy for Future Presidents
June 24, 2015
Here’s the thing about President Obama’s war on whistleblowers: In bringing espionage charges in nine cases involving disclosures or alleged misuse of classified information, the current administration has set a floor, rather than a ceiling, on the number and types of whistleblower espionage cases a future President can bring. And here’s another thing: With leaders […]
Jeffrey Sterling vs. the CIA: An Untold Story of Race and Retribution
May 27, 2015
A dozen years before his recent sentencing to a 42-month prison term based on a jury’s conclusion that he gave classified information to a New York Times journalist, former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was in the midst of a protracted and fruitless effort to find someone in Congress willing to look into his accusations about […]
Sterling Verdict Another Measure of Declining Government Credibility on Secrets
May 12, 2015
Even as Leonie Brinkema rejected the government’s claim that Jeffrey Sterling committed 7 discrete acts of Espionage, CIA’s former Directors were doubling down on frenzied claims about the importance of secrets.
Government’s Own Witness Debunks Government’s “Overwrought Hyperbole” in Sterling Case
April 24, 2015
A former CIA witness the government originally intended to call as its own witness debunked their claims of harm in the Jeffrey Sterling case.
DOJ Claims Grossly Disparate Treatment Will “Promote Respect for the Law”
April 21, 2015
DOJ says sending Jeffrey Sterling away for decades while David Petraeus gets probation will promote respect for the law.
Desmond Tutu Calls for Justice for Jeffrey Sterling, Citing Petraeus Deal
April 9, 2015
Desmond Tutu submitted a letter to Judge Brinkema, calling for Jeffrey Sterling to receive the same kind of justice as David Petraeus.
Whistleblowers and the Press Heavyweights
March 24, 2015
Following the late January guilty verdicts in the espionage trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, more proof emerged — if any more were needed — that many elite mainstream journalists abhor whistleblowers and think they should go to prison when they divulge classified information. One would think that a business that has relied on […]
