John Kiriakou Hopes Aaron Swartz's Death Sparks Discussion Of Prosecutorial Overreach

WASHINGTON -- A former CIA officer scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for leaking protected information said in an interview Wednesday that the suspected suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz demonstrates how aggressive federal prosecutors can be. "I'm frankly surprised that more people haven't committed suicide because of the way the Justice Department overreaches on these cases," said John Kiriakou, a 14-year CIA veteran who pleaded guilty to leaking the identity of another officer involv...