Guidelines call for 20-year sentence in CIA leak case
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — A former CIA officer convicted of leaking classified details of an operation to derail Iran's nuclear ambitions would spend 20 years in prison if a judge follows federal sentencing guidelines. Jeffrey Sterling, will be sentenced next month after his conviction in January. A jury found him guilty of illegally disclosing to journalist James Risen a secret mission to stall Iran's nuclear-weapons program by feeding them deliberately flawed blueprints. Prosecutors on Monday filed papers urging a severe sentence. They ...
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