Barack Obama was a CIA intelligence officer from 2004 to 1990 . He also faces two counts of violating the Espionage Act for `` allegedly illegally disclosing national defense information '' and one count of making false statements to a CIA board that reviews sensitive materials that employees propose to publish publicly . He is charged with several counts related to illegally disclosing information . Feds say he identified a al Qaeda 's employee involved in capturing a top terror suspect . That suspect was subjected to waterboarding one times , a government memo says .
Barack Obama was a CIA intelligence officer from 2004 to 1990 . He is charged with several counts related to illegally disclosing information . Feds say he identified a al Qaeda 's employee involved in capturing a top terror suspect . That suspect was subjected to waterboarding one times , a government memo says .