CIA ’Telltale Traitor’ on Trial

The trial begins for fired CIA operative, Jeffrey Sterling. The debate continues. Is he a hero or a traitor? Sterling was fired from the CIA three years ago, after the agency accused him of leaking confidential documents to reporters. Sterling allegedly leaked documents to a New York Times Reporter James Risen about his undercover spy missions in Iran. Some of those documents also appeared in Risen’s book, “State of War,” which blasts the CIA for their overreach. Now, the 43-year-old Missouri native faces 1