The Bureau of Prisons is making a concerted effort to stop CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou from sending letters from prison. Kiriakou was the first CIA official to acknowledge torture was an official US policy under the George W. Bush administration. He is currently serving a 30-month sentence for leaking the name of an officer involved in the agency’s rendition program. While in prison, Kiriakou began writing “Letters from Loretto,” in which he communicates with supporters and describes his prison experiences, including calling out corruption and illegal activities taking place in prison. In August, prison officials made a deal with Kiriakou that would allow him to serve out the end of his sentence in a halfway house in exchange for no longer writing the letters. But then the prison officials reneged on the deal, Kiriakou says. RT’s Ameera David discusses Kiriakou and the Letters from Loretto with Kevin Gosztola, a blogger at Firedoglake, the collaborative blog site that publishes Kiriakou’s letters.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:26:38 +0000
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