Thursday, January 9, 2014

THE CIA WHISTLEBLOWER

 PETER BOWDEN
BE, MSc, PhD.

peter_bowden@usyd.edu.au

6 Teakle Street
Summer Hill
NSW 2130
Australia

61418 166 577
612 9797 6459


Ms Erlinda Hernandez
Bureau of Prisons
Residential Reentry Office
PO Box 7000
Butner, NC, USA,  27509

cc: Mr. Charles Samuels
Director of Bureau of Prisons
320 First St. NW
Washington, DC USA, 20534

Dear Ms. Hernandez:

At the suggestion of the Government Accountability Program in the United States, of which I am a supporter   I urge you to allow John Kiriakou (inmate 79637-083 at Loretto) to serve the last nine months of his sentence in a halfway house, so that he may resume productive contributions to society.

Kiriakou served in the CIA for over 14 years. During that time, he was involved in critical counterterrorism missions following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Throughout his career, Kiriakou received 10 Exceptional Performance Awards, the Sustained Superior Performance Award, the Counterterrorism Service Medal, and the State Department's Meritorious Honour Award.

In 2008, Kiriakou confirmed the name of a former CIA colleague to a reporter writing a book on the Agency. The name wasn’t made public as a result of the confirmation. Kiriakou, under threat of more severe terms and financial ruin, pled guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

But the real reason Kiriakou was prosecuted is because he is an anti-torture whistleblower who was brave enough to speak out against the agency's practices. He never tortured anyone – yet he is the only person to be prosecuted in relation to the torture program under the George W. Bush administration.

Kiriakou is an honourable and patriotic person . He does not deserve to be made an example of wrongdoing. I ask that he be granted at least nine months of halfway house time so that he may begin his life again as a valuable member of society and as a father to his five children.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this message.



Yours sincerely




Peter Bowden ( Dr.)
peter_bowden@usyd.edu.au
 http://www.tup.net.au/publications-new/Applied_Ethics.aspx

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