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Case Number:

1:10-cr-00485

Court:

Virginia Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Leonie M. Brinkema

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  1. July 17, 2019

    CIA Leaker Goes Free Despite Fed Concerns Over Lack Of Job

    A former CIA agent convicted of leaking classified information on U.S. efforts to disrupt Iran's nuclear program was granted an early end to his supervised release Wednesday, despite prosecutors' concern that he is relying on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe rather than getting a job.

  2. May 11, 2015

    Ex-CIA Agent Who Leaked Info To NYT Gets 3½-Year Sentence

    A Virginia federal judge Monday sentenced a former CIA agent to 3½ years in prison for leaking secrets to a New York Times reporter, denying a request she reconsider the verdict but ignoring prosecutors' requests for a harsher sentence.

  3. May 08, 2015

    Ex-CIA Agent Can't Deflect Blame In Sentencing, Gov't Says

    The U.S. government said in Virginia federal court Thursday that there was no comparison between a former CIA agent convicted of sharing secrets with a New York Times reporter and the other "leakers" whose lighter sentences the agent says should cut his own looming prison time.

  4. May 04, 2015

    Ex-CIA Agent Tells Court He Wasn't Only One Leaking Info

    A former CIA agent convicted of sharing secrets with a New York Times reporter has renewed a call for dismissal for selective prosecution based on new information that he said shows leaking information was widespread at the agency but never prosecuted.

  5. April 21, 2015

    Feds Say Ex-CIA Agent Should Get 20 Years For Espionage

    Federal prosecutors on Monday called for a 20- to 24-year sentence for the former CIA officer convicted in a Virginia federal court of leaking classified information on the agency's efforts to stem Iran's nuclear program to a New York Times writer.

  6. February 17, 2015

    Ex-CIA Agent Urges Acquittal Of Espionage Charges

    An ex-CIA agent urged a Virginia federal court Tuesday to toss his espionage conviction, saying the federal government has not proven where he allegedly leaked the classified information to a New York Times writer, and the government had no jurisdiction to try him in Virginia.

  7. January 26, 2015

    Ex-CIA Agent Found Guilty Of Espionage For Leaks To NYT

    A former CIA agent was convicted of espionage Monday by a Virginia federal jury for releasing classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen that was later published in Risen's 2006 book, "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration."

  8. January 23, 2015

    Jury Acquits Ex-CIA Agent On 1 Count, Leaks Case Continues

    A Virginia federal jury Wednesday acquitted a former CIA agent who allegedly leaked government secrets to a New York Times reporter of mail fraud, while the agent argued in a brief filed Friday that venue for the remaining nine counts cannot lie in the state's Eastern District.

  9. January 12, 2015

    Feds Won't Call Times Reporter To Testify About CIA Leaks

    Federal prosecutors will not call New York Times reporter James Risen to testify in a case prosecuting a former CIA agent who allegedly leaked government secrets to Risen, saying that the journalist has made it clear that he will not reveal his source, U.S. attorneys said in a filing on Monday.

  10. October 13, 2011

    Feds Parry Ex-CIA Official's Selective Prosecution Claim

    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a Virginia federal court to reject a claim of selective prosecution made by a former CIA official accused of leaking classified information to a reporter.

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