20, October 2015 The Invisible Man – A CIA Vendetta
Jeffrey
Sterling is the first African-American case officer to file a suit against the
CIA for racial discrimination. The CIA countered with its own suit charging
Sterling with nine felony counts including espionage. They accused Sterling of
passing on details of a botched up CIA effort to derail the Iran nuclear
program to James Risen of the New York Times. Risen reported that the CIA
details may have actually aided the Iranian government nuclear program and
stubbornly refused to reveal his source. The CIA counter-suit appears to have
little to do with protecting national security but more to do with punishing
Sterling for filing his discrimination suit. Sterling’s case is the subject of
the documentary short, ‘The Invisible Man’.
The
case is extremely important for preserving civil liberties and freedom of the
press and the public’s right to know, with informed consent, in what’s supposed
to be a democracy.
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