Open Brennan Hearing Hints at Tuesday’s Closed CIA Nominee Session

Wired’s Spencer Ackerman at the Committee Press Table Thursday

WASHINGTON — Tuesday the public will not have access to the next round of questions to be leveled against CIA Director Nominee John Brennan before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. However conflicting statements and controversial answers from Thursday’s open hearing provide clues …MOAR!

Journalistic Ethics Breach costs Torture Whistle-blower John Kiriakou 30 months’ Freedom

Former CIA Case Officer John Kiriakou, Earnest, Goes to Jail (Screenshot: Democracy Now!, Wednesday)

WASHINGTON — An unidentified journalist’s ethical breach with whistle-blowing source John Kiriakou resulted this week in the former case officer and father of five’s being sentenced to 30 months in prison. Although promising Mr. Kiriakou anonymity, the journalist …MOAR!