(UPDATE) CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Close To Death In Federal Prison

UPDATE: Under pressure from media and supporters, prison officials said they will consider CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s request to consult with an outside cardiologist.

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Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP

Update: Aug. 22, 2016: On Saturday, Holly Sterling, wife of Jeffrey Sterling, shared a letter with supporters to announce that health officials at FCI Englewood agreed to consider the imprisoned CIA whistleblower’s request to receive outside medical care for his heart condition. Holly Sterling granted MintPress News permission to reprint the

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Imprisoned CIA Whistleblower Renews Push For Presidential Pardon

The renewed push came just over four months after Holly Sterling, Jeffrey’s wife, wrote a formal letter to Obama seeking her husband’s pardon.

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By Kevin Gosztola
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Alexandria, Va., with his wife, Holly, center, after he was convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified details of a operation to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions to a New York Times reporter. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, an African American who is serving a prison sentence after he was convicted of multiple violations of the Espionage Act, renewed his campaign for a pardon from President Barack Obama. The renewed push came just over four months after Holly Sterling, Jeffrey’s wife,

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Wife Of Imprisoned CIA Whistleblower Looks To Obama For Pardon

“Does the government have no shame in destroying one man’s life?” asked Holly Sterling, wife of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling.

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By Sarah Lazare
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP

The wife of former CIA analyst Jeffrey Sterling on Thursday publicly called on U.S. President Barack Obama to pardon her husband—who has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for, in her words, blowing the whistle and standing up for his rights. "Does the government have no shame in destroying one man's life and wasting tens of

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CIA Whistleblower Who Leaked Covert US Plan To Sabotage Iran Nuclear Program To Face Sentencing

Prosecutors are urging a stiff sentence; the defense says his punishment should be more in line with that of former. CIA director David Petraeus. He got probation last month for leaking classified information to his biographer and mistress.

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Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA officer convicted of leaking details of

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CIA Whistleblower Facing 100 Years In Prison

President Barack Obama has repeatedly promised to protect whistleblowers from prosecution and punishment, even though he has used the Espionage Act more than all previous administrations.

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Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP

Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP Jeffrey Sterling didn’t hurt anyone, yet he is facing up to 100 years

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VIDEO: CIA Whistle Blower Found Guilty Proves That Using “Proper Channels” Doesn’t Work

Monday’s guilty verdict for former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling is another example of whistleblowers attempting to go through proper channels to expose wrongdoing, and then being “flagged as troublemakers” and facing severe retaliation from the government, according to transparency advocate Norman Solomon.

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Speaking to RT’s Ben Swann just hours after a jury convicted the spy of espionage for revealing details of a CIA plot to give flawed nuclear weapons schematics to Iran, the journalist and activist not only lashed the administration for its prosecution of Sterling, but also offered a stark warning about the state of whistleblowing in the US.

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