RE: [nationalsecuritylaw] United States v. Sterling (E.D. Va. Jan. 6, 2011)

[Haytham Faraj <haytham@puckettfaraj.com>]

Can we represent him?

 

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From: Robert Chesney <rchesney@law.utexas.edu> 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 12:43:42 -0600

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Subject: [nationalsecuritylaw] United States v. Sterling (E.D. Va. Jan. 6,
2011)

 

* United States v. Sterling (E.D. Va. Jan. 6, 2011) (indictment of former
CIA officer for unauthorized disclosure of national defense information)

 

No, this has nothing to do with wikileaks as such.  But you may recall a
case from a few years ago involving a CIA officer who attempted to sue the
agency for discrimination, only to have the case thrown out on state secrets
grounds <http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/041495.P.pdf> .  Well, in
a remarkable twist in the story, he was arrested this morning in St. Louis
and now faces charges of unauthorized disclosure of national defense
information involving a human asset and the weapons capabilities of a
certain foreign country in connection with allegations involving his
interactions with a journalist from a "national newspaper" whose work
resulted in a book in January 2006.  (See the press release below.) Given
the date and topic, that sure sounds like a reference to James Risen's State
of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration.  Recall
that Charlie Savage in April 2010 reported
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29justice.html>  that Risen had been
subpoenaed to testify and give docs about his sources for the book, which
according to this report at least he refused to do.