Ex-Operative Admits Leaking CIA Agent's Name to Media

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. (More John Kiriakou stories.)