Jeffrey Sterling was indicted in 2010 on charges under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking sensitive national security information to then-New York Times reporter James Risen. Sterling discusses his time as a CIA case officer and how his internal complaint about Operation Merlin,\u00a0a half-baked CIA scheme that had tried to disrupt Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons development, led to\u00a0his\u00a0firing. Sterling explains the discrimination suit he filed against the CIA and how there is no evidence that he was the source for Risen, who is now The Intercept's senior national security correspondent. Sterling also shares what it was like to be charged under the Espionage Act\u00a0and comments on the appalling\u00a0hostility toward\u00a0whistleblowers in the U.S. Sterling\u2019s new book is \u201cUnwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower.\u201d<\/p>\n
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