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*'''23 January.''' [[Obama administration]] prosecutes [[CIA]] [[whistleblower]] John Kiriakou<ref>https://shadowproof.com/2017/01/25/around-empire-episode-6-inside-cias-war-trump-feat-john-kiriakou/</ref> for leaks to a reporter. Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA torture program. Kiriakou is the first CIA officer convicted of providing classified information to a reporter.
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*'''23 January.''' [[Obama administration]] prosecutes [[CIA]] [[whistleblower]] John Kiriakou<ref>https://shadowproof.com/2017/01/25/around-empire-episode-6-inside-cias-war-trump-feat-john-kiriakou/</ref> for leaks to a reporter. Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA torture program. Kiriakou is the first CIA officer convicted of providing classified information to a reporter. Kiriakou was a  15 year CIA officer who worked his way up to head of
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counterterrorism in [[Pakistan]]. Kiriakou led the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah, the number three [[jihad]]ist in [[al-Qaeda]] at the time.<ref>https://youtu.be/1K5-zKDaDV8</ref> Kiriakou also served as a senior investigator with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
    
*'''29 January.''' FBI press release on convictions of two Bowling Green terrorists. “Using our growing suite of investigative and intelligence capabilities, FBI agents and analysts assigned to our Bowling Green Office were able to neutralize a potential threat." The FBI is the only federal agency able to match fingerprints on an exploded IED found in Iraq with a person residing in Bowling Green, KY.<ref>https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/louisville/press-releases/2013/former-iraqi-terrorists-living-in-kentucky-sentenced-for-terrorist-activities</ref>
 
*'''29 January.''' FBI press release on convictions of two Bowling Green terrorists. “Using our growing suite of investigative and intelligence capabilities, FBI agents and analysts assigned to our Bowling Green Office were able to neutralize a potential threat." The FBI is the only federal agency able to match fingerprints on an exploded IED found in Iraq with a person residing in Bowling Green, KY.<ref>https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/louisville/press-releases/2013/former-iraqi-terrorists-living-in-kentucky-sentenced-for-terrorist-activities</ref>
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