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John Kiriakou

John Chris Kiriakou ( ; born August 9, 1964) is an American former CIA officer, whistleblower, journalist, and author.

He was an intelligence analyst and operations officer for the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, and a senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also a consultant for ABC News, a co-host of ''Political Misfits'' on Radio Sputnik, and a columnist for Reader Supported News.

Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm in December 2007 that waterboarding was used to torture al-Qaeda prisoners during interrogations. He was later convicted for exposing the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, having passed classified information to a reporter. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Provided by Wikipedia