Former CIA officer sentenced to 3½ years in Iran leaks case

Associated Press ^ | May 11, 2015 2:55 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

A former CIA officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for leaking details of a secret mission to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Jeffrey Sterling of O’Fallon, Missouri, was facing a recommended sentence of 20 years or more under federal sentencing guidelines for violations of the Espionage Act. …

[Jacquerie]

Don't worry. Not only will Hillary not wear prison stripes for her high crimes and treason, she'll never visit a courtroom.

Dinesh D’Souza.

[TexasCajun]

A jury convicted him in January of telling New York Times journalist James Risen about a classified plan to trick the Iranian government by slipping flawed nuclear blueprints through a Russian intermediary.

Jeffrey Sterling, ex-CIA officer,

[keat]

Ah, that was back in the days when we didn't want Iran to get nuclear we weapons. What a simpler time that was.

[CJ Wolf]

not so sterling now..

[TexasCajun]

and the motive:

Prosecutors argued that Sterling was motivated by spite to retaliate against perceived mistreatment at the agency.Sterling, who is African-American, had sued the agency for racial discrimination but had a lawsuit tossed out after the CIA invoked a state-secrets privilege

[Olog-hai]

All about hating a black man?

[SunkenCiv]

...sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for leaking details of a secret mission to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. Jeffrey Sterling of O'Fallon, Missouri, was facing a recommended sentence of 20 years or more...

...and the 3 1/2 years will be served outside US territory; no room at GTMO, so he'll be confined to Cabo San Lucas.