A former CIA officer was convicted of leaking classified information about a plan to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program. Jeffery Sterling, 47, was convicted of nine counts of unauthorized transferring of national security information and other charges of leaking information that according to the claim could “endanger lives and put one of the only plans that America has against Iran’s nuclear program at risk. The prosecution claimed in court that Sterling’s actions severely damaged the interests of the United States. Not only because the plan now has to be canceled, but the prosecutor even claimed that the leaked information also endangered Russian scientists who were working to provide faulty materials to Iran.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:24:23 +0000