It is a travesty of justice that CIA whistleblower, John Kiriakou, was sentenced to 30 months in jail for releasing classified information that exposed the CIA commission of war crimes of torture by waterboarding; while no one who actually provided fabricated legal cover for, authorized, or carried out these war crimes has been prosecuted. John Kiriakou performed an essential public service in making the public aware that reprehensible acts were being committed by the CIA in our names, and for this he deserves our thanks, not imprisonment. The damage to the image and moral influence of the United States was caused by the war crimes themselves, and these are the acts which should have been prosecuted; not acts of revelation that discouraged further commission of war crimes.
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