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msanthrope

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7. Yep--it was a good conviction. He wasn't a whistleblower but a malcontent who was pissed that

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 07:22 PM

Jan 2015

his shakedown attempts didn't work.

And Risen left enough breadcrumbs to help convict him.

Sterling should have remembered what Risen did to Wen Ho Lee.

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C.I.A. Officer in Leak Case, Jeffrey Sterling, Is Convicted of Espionage [View all] DonViejo Jan 2015 OP

As expected, once one actually looks at the case against Sterling... Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #1

Yep--it was a good conviction. He wasn't a whistleblower but a malcontent who was pissed that msanthrope Jan 2015 #7

As expected.. so unfortunate. 2banon Jan 2015 #2

While David Petraeus walks the streets . . FairWinds Jan 2015 #3

Dick Cheney and his man scooter run free. Any chance on a prosecution there? Autumn Jan 2015 #4

What a crock of shit. blackspade Jan 2015 #5

Good. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #6

Espionage? 1Greensix Jan 2015 #8

Wait... What? Adrahil Jan 2015 #10

Don't come home Edward Snowden. elias49 Jan 2015 #9

What was so unjust in this case? n/t Adrahil Jan 2015 #11

Unless I misread it, Sterling revealed something elias49 Jan 2015 #12

Classified information has a declassify date. Adrahil Jan 2015 #13

Operative word: "potentially" elias49 Jan 2015 #14