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 3 police officers were killed and 2 injured in southern Pennsylvania. ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel under pressure. A big shake-up at the top of Ben and Jerry's hierarchy. Man initially detained in Charlie Kirk case has been charged. Report an error