John Kiriakou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Kiriakou

counter-terrorism consultant from the United States

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1964

Place of Birth: Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: writer, consultant, intelligence analyst

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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JohnKiriakou

John Chris Kiriakou (born August 9, 1964) is a Greek American author, journalist and retired intelligence officer.
Kiriakou is a columnist with Reader Supported News and co-host of Loud and Clear on Sputnik Radio.He was formerly an analyst and case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, counterterrorism and a consultant for ABC News.
He was the first U.S.
government official to confirm in December 2007 that waterboarding was used to interrogate al-Qaeda prisoners, which he described as torture.On October 22, 2012, Kiriakou pleaded guilty to disclosing the identity of a fellow CIA officer.
He was the first CIA officer to be convicted for passing classified information to a reporter, although the reporter did not publish the name of the operative.
He was sentenced to 30 months in prison on January 25, 2013, and served his term from February 28, 2013, until February 3, 2015, at the low-security Federal correctional facility near Loretto, Pennsylvania, in general population, not in the neighboring minimum security work camp as had been reported.