Tagged: CIA

President Obama made announcements today on two new members of his cabinet:

• Former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, and

• Counterterrorism adviser John O. Brennan to direct the Central Intelligence Agency

A Virginia judge has granted bond to a former CIA officer from O'Fallon accused of leaking government secrets about Iran to a reporter for the New York Times.

Jeffrey Sterling had been in custody since his arrest on Jan. 6 on charges that he illegally disclosed classified documents to reporter James Risen between 2001 and 2006.