Former CIA officer charged with leaking classified information

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, with leaking classified information to journalists.

Kiriakou, who worked for the CIA from 1990 to 2004, was charged with disclosing classified information, including the name of a covert CIA officer and information revealing the role of another CIA employee in classified activities, the DoJ said in a statement.

The four-count criminal complaint, which was filed Monday in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges that Kiriakou made illegal disclosures about two CIA employees and their involvement in classified operations to two journalists on multiple occasions between 2007 and 2009.