John Kiriakou: American traitor

A (fomer) CIA officer and former Senate Foreign Affairs staffer (for John Kerry D-MA, feign surprise), has been charged with four counts of leaking classified information about other CIA agents to MFM journalists (you can download the criminal complaint here):

John Kiriakou, who served for 14 years in the agency, is accused of revealing the names of other covert operatives who interrogated suspected al Qaeda financier Abu Zubaydah.
The terror suspect was allegedly waterboarded 83 times.

The counts against Kiriakou (a Greek-American) are:

1) …having learned the identity of a covert agent as a result of having access to classified information, intentionally disclosed information identifying such covert agent to an individual not authorized to receive classified information…

Oh, and the person you disclosed it to, showed it to his terrorist clients and other terrorists who most likely would have an interest in killing this agent and/or his family.

2) …lawfully having had access to and been entrusted with information relating to the national defense, namely the association of Officer B with the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, Interrogation (RDI) Program and with an operation to locate and capture Abu Zubaydah, which information the defendent had reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States and to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicated and transmitted the same to Journalist B, a person not entitled to receive it.

Remember when the paper that Journalist B works for (The NY Times) refused to publish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (piss be upon him) becaue it was dangerous and might incite “pious” Muslims to harm (and by harm, I mean “cut off their heads”) the NY Times and/or its employees? Well, the NY Times and Washington Post had no problem with publishing the names and pictures (outside of their homes!) despite the very real likelyhood that radical Muslims would target them.

3) Count three is identical to count 2, except it’s for leaking the information to Journalist B (Washington Post).

4) …in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, namely the Publications Review Bard of the CIA, willfully concealed and covered up by trick and scheme a material fact, namely, that, in connection with a manuscript he was seeking to publish, the defendant wa aware that the CIA used a particular classified teechnique in an operation to locate and capture Abu Zubaydah, despite representing falsely to the Publications Review Board that the technique was ficticious.

So…let’s get this straight: Kiriakou revealed the names and identity of covert CIA agents involved in the capture, detention, and interrogation of al Qaeda suspects. He did his damned best to thwart the capture of an enemy of the united states (Zubaydah). And he did this for money and so that he could write a book?

What part of this is not treason? Once found guilty, I hope they line him up against a wall and shoot him until he is dead. He deserves no better than that.

As for the reporters, they then turned around and provided the names and pictures of covert CIA agents the defense attorneys for the terrorists. This makes them equally guilty in my mind, and they should be lined up against that wall along with Kiriakou and shot until they are dead. My disdain and hatred of the the Leftwing media and those who call themselves “journalist” hits another low.

Oh, and Kiriakou went to work for Kerry after he worked for the CIA. As Moe Lane at Red State writes:

John Kerry needs to do better vetting of his staff. Particularly when it comes to this guy: I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t it seem to be a little odd that Kerry would pick as a senior adviser somebody who would think that it’s a good idea to release classified photos and names of CIA operatives to the media? Particularly since both the photos and names ended up on the wrong side of the bars in Gitmo?

Do you have any doubts that he leaked classified information in his position in Kerry’s office, too?