Who may have, and was convicted of, doing something else not that heroic (disclosing covert agent's identities) completely separate from the water-boarding disclosures.

It's convenient for Kiriakou to gloss over the events he was convicted of and insist that it was merely retribution (which of course it might be, but good luck proving that). His statements about persecution have to be taken with some grains of salt.

> His statements about persecution have to be taken with some grains of salt.

In the fight between the National Security State and the individual, I always give the individual the benefit of the doubt. Then again, I always back the underdog.