John Kiriakou: American Spy to be Charged under espionage Act

John Kiriakou’s 

Path From Ambitious

Spy to Federal Defendant

- NYTimes.com:

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou,
left, and his attorney John Hundley,
leave federal court in Alexandria,
Virginia. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The Witnessing 

Of American 

Torture

-the Atlantic

Former CIA Agent Charged Under Espionage Act For Reporting Torture -Buzzfeed

"He's not a "whistleblower." He's a guy who hunted down Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan who decided waterboarding was a bad idea and decided to say so.

People already knew waterboarding was going on. He just said it didn't work, pointing out that Abu Zubaydah was talking immediately and didn't need to be waterboarded 83 times.

Pretty embarrassing for the government. So, they found one reporter to say that Kiriakou gave him one name.

Oh. And they fired his wife this week for good measure."
-AdminPassword via Reddit

Anwar al-Awlaki: Solidifying the Power of the Presidency to Kill Americans

I hope to return to this soon.
If you don't know who al-Awlaki is please look at my previous posts
Who was Al Qaeda's Number 2
The Killing of Al-Awlaki 2
But as the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 is not yet fully complete I will not comment on the issue.

 But for Now here is a highly slanted opinion from Anonymous

MSNBC's Take