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A former CIA officer involved in a
highly secretive operation to give faulty nuclear plans to Iran was convicted
Monday of giving classified information about his work to a New York Times
reporter — a significant win for federal prosecutors and a presidential
administration that has worked zealously to snuff out accused leakers.
As guilty verdicts were read on each of
nine criminal counts, Jeffrey Sterling stared emotionless at the jurors who
decided his fate. His wife, seated in the courtroom behind him, sobbed.
The 47-year-old Missouri man is
scheduled to be sentenced April 24 and remains free until then.
In a statement, Attorney General Eric H.
Holder Jr. said the verdict was a “just and appropriate outcome.”
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