US | John Kiriakou Ex-Operative Admits Leaking CIA Agent's Name to Media John Kiriakou gets 2-plus years in jail By John Johnson Posted Oct 23, 2012 1:32 PM CDT Copied Former CIA officer John Kiriakou leaves U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) A former CIA agent who soured on waterboarding has pleaded guilty to leaking the name of a secret agent to a journalist, reports Reuters. John Kiriakou admitted to the single count today as part of a deal that will send him to prison for 30 months. Kiriakou leaked the CIA agent's name for a story on the interrogation of al-Qaeda operative Abu Zabaydah. His case was one of the first in the Obama administration's aggressive crackdown on leaks, notes the Washington Post. Read These Next The suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting is a 22-year-old from Utah. Utah's governor asks a tough question after Kirk shooting. Trump says the Charlie Kirk suspect has likely been caught. Messages on ammo may speak to motive in Charlie Kirk case. Report an error