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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Ex-CIA Officer Get 3½ Years for NY Times Leak

Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for leaking classified information to a New York Times journalist.

Sterling was convicted in January of revealing details of a botched U.S. attempt during president Bill Clinton's administration to thwart Iran's nuclear program.

"The court has to impose a very clear message," U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said at Sterling's sentencing in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia.

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