John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who was charged Monday with leaking classified information to reporters, is not a totally unfamiliar name. In 2007, he made headlines when he discussed on CNN and other media outlets the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists being detained in secret prisons overseas.
Investigators charged a former CIA officer Monday with disclosing classified information to journalists on several occasions.
Just months after the 9/11 attacks, the United States appeared to have its biggest catch in the newly launched war on terror.
Former CIA operative John Kiriakou talks to CNN's Jeanne Meserve about his spy days and terror suspect Abu Zubaydah.
CIA interrogators used waterboarding at least 266 times on two top al Qaeda suspects, according to a Bush-era Justice Department memo released by the Obama administration.
President Bush said he would not comment on the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes until ongoing investigations are completed.
The Bush administration argued Friday that the CIA's destruction of videotapes that showed the interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects did not violate a court order because the suspects were not at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Current TV journalist Kaj Larson about his waterboarding experience.
The CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate whether former operative John Kiriakou illegally disclosed classified information when he talked about the waterboarding of a terrorism suspect, government officials say.
Analysis: Despite the furor over destroyed interrogation tapes, Congress's track record on torture does not bode well for a hard-hitting investigation
A former CIA agent who participated in interrogations of terror suspects said Tuesday that the controversial interrogation technique of "waterboarding" has saved lives, but he considers the method torture and now opposes its use.
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