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General News 1/24/2013 at 12:46 PM EST H3'ed 1/24/13

Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower's Prison Sentence Commuted

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High-profile defenders of John Kiriakou have written President Barack Obama to request that he commute the whistle-blower's sentence or pardon him. Kiriakou was charged with violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, allegedly disclosing classified information to members of the news media after speaking out against waterboarding in 2007. He pleaded guilty in October as part of an agreement that would sentence him to 30 months in prison.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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