Ex-CIA Agent, Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced to Prison While Torturers He Exposed Walk Free

DemocracyNow.org - Former CIA agent John Kiriakou speaks out just days after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, becoming the first CIA official to face jail time for any reason relating to the U.S. torture program. Under a plea deal, Kiriakou admitted to a single count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act by revealing the identity of a covert officer to a freelance reporter, who did not publish it. Supporters say Kiriakou is being unfairly targeted for having been the first CIA official to publicly confirm and detail the Bush administration's use of waterboarding. Kiriakou joins to discuss his story from Washington, D.C., along with his attorney, Jesselyn Radack, director of National Security and Human Rights at the Government Accountability Project. "This was not a case about leaking, it was a case about torture. I believe I am going to prison because I blew the whistle on torture," Kiriakou says. "My oath was to the Constitution. ... And to me, torture is unconstitutional."
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[@anastasia2657]

The torturers should be in jail, not him. They do take an oath to uphold the constitution. So, why aren't they doing that. Who are they taking an oath to? Beelzebub?

[@anastasia2657]

Extraordinary man!

[@issagc]

The it should be against the law for the government to harass and ruin someone's life.

[@ms9771]

He shows the face of evil, now punishing him

[@Majoofi]

if he's going to jail for that then Chaney should be in jail.

[@ms9771]

Bush and Cheney send an airplane to FL for a family of the Saudi kingdom and Bin laden for their safety to fly to Saudi Arabia when all flight was stopped in the US, on September 11, when Americans were bleeding and losing life, how Bush and Cheney help enemy are free,

[@Macdaddy8124U]

Ridiculous.

[@kabloozie]

espionage for a business card - why have business cards made for CIA agents if you don't want the information given out?

[@aoeu256]

He did not publish it, but how did they know that he revealed their names?

[@jwelch1027]

Torture is wrong altogether doesn't matter what side does it matter what you're trying to gain or establish torture is flat out inhumane and you will have to answer to what you've done in this life at some point so good luck with that! That being said the torture tactics the other side uses are much more atrocious than waterboarding not justifying any form of torture but I don't have much sympathy to anyone that wants to harm innocent people for their ideology!!!

[@koneye]

You still believe you are free and live in a just system?

[@BlueLiliums]

If I was American, I would vote Justice Party.

[@MegaTrivial]

He made a mistake - he shouldn´t "blow the whistle"! He should categorically sue them in the CIA for torture, in the highest Court there is, including International Court; plus in the Committee of Hague. If this does not work, there is no Justice in the world! Because torture is cruel and inhumane and should be illegal no matter who does it...!

[@ms9771]

He is a real American, not the ISIS, terrorist who kill and torture human being,

[@jimmysmith3137]

and he will not pardon anyone, thats another thing obama has no mercy he has pardoned the least amount of people at this point in his presidency than any other president. Everyone keeps saying oh wait he'll get better and it never happens. He is a great orator and thats about it.

[@fiestavee]

Don't drop the soap...

[@candongueando]

First of all when i said "you voted for them" i didnt mean u personally. I know about the fascist corporations-state democracy u have there and their influence in media and politics. You might not see the importance of Occupy, but thats the way we in Latin America managed to start changing public discourse, by social movements open to everybody with respect to each other. Its a cultural change that is needed and thats a first and most important step towards the kind of results u want to achieve

[@ms9771]

learned those men and woman run for election have been chosen by AIPAC also paid for their election, at the end give you lie promise, when there is no law or punishment for laying and break their promises when are in office, just will sign and plage to state Israel and for their benefit,

[@candongueando]

Well... you voted for them. The ones responsible for this were elected by the american people. Athough of course, I can understand your point. I dont accuse any american im in front of, but I also think that u have to take responsibility for the state of your democracy. Protest like Occupy is doing, engage.

[@thedog4499]

Well the issue is America is not a democracy. It is a constitutional representative republic. Not to mention the fact there is over welling evidence of voter fraud.

[@ms9771]

they come with promises when are in the office and break their promise also there is no law to punish these lawmakers who lie to people, just working for AIPAC

[@Clockworkpub]

Laughing my ass off at you all.

[@iluminatikill]

we are a slave don't you get it since you borne

[@ms9771]

Those who believe money is god and his prophet Rothschild run the US by end of war world2 when paid for election TRUMAN unpopular president also learned how to buy politicians now AIPAC run US congress

[@sertorrhenclegane]

My mother went to High School with Mr. Kiriakou and said he was always a smart guy. I replied, "If he was damned smart, he would've recognized that his actions would have no consequences except to himself and his family." Personally, if were him, I would've gone the other way and been quiet. See, I believe to battle monsters you must become one. If al-Qaeda is a monster and it is a monster of our own creation, then we mustn't pussyfoot like Dr. Frankenstein, we must be ruthless and we must be smart. I've seen plenty of the former, none of the latter.

[@kenjiruota]

Go look up what people in gitmo are in for before you make idiotic comments like this