Ex-C.I.A. Officer’s Path From Terrorist Hunter to Defendant -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — In March 2002, John Kiriakou coordinated a team of fellow Central Intelligence Agency officers and Pakistani agents that descended upon a house in Pakistan where they believed they might find Abu Zubaydah, a high-level figure in Al Qaeda.
Rushing into the house amid the bloody aftermath of a shootout, Mr. Kiriakou seized a heavily wounded man, photographed his ear, and used his cellphone to send the image to an analyst. “It’s him,” the analyst reported back after comparing the shape of the ear to file photographs of Abu Zubaydah.
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My Comment: Bottom line .... there are many who obviously feel that he disclosed names .... a charge that will (if convicted) ruin his life .... CIA hero or not.
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