Appeals Court to Examine Ex-CIA Officer's Leak Conviction

The case of former CIA officer convicted of leaking classified details of an operation to thwart Iran's nuclear program is heading to a federal appeals court. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Jeffrey Sterling's case Tuesday.   Sterling was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison after being convicted in 2015 of leaking details of a CIA mission to New York Times journalist James Risen.   The leaked mission involved giving flawed nuclear...

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