Kiriakou is charged with one count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act `` for allegedly illegally disclosing the identity of a covert officer , '' the Justice Department statement said . John Kiriakou was a CIA intelligence officer from 2001 to 2005 . He is charged with several counts related to illegally disclosing information . Feds say he was a CIA operative involved in capturing a top terror suspect . That suspect was subjected to waterboarding 83 times , a government memo says .
John Kiriakou was a CIA intelligence officer from 2001 to 2005 . He is charged with several counts related to illegally disclosing information . Feds say he was a CIA operative involved in capturing a top terror suspect . That suspect was subjected to waterboarding 83 times , a government memo says .