On October 22 , 2012 , Kiriakou pleaded guilty to disclosing the identity of a fellow CIA officer .
He was the first U.S. government official to confirm in December 2007 that waterboarding was used to interrogate al - Qaeda prisoners , which he described as torture .
On October 22 , 2012 , government official pleaded guilty to disclosing the identity of a fellow CIA officer .
He was the first U.S. government official to confirm in December 2007 that waterboarding was used to interrogate al - Qaeda prisoners , which he described as torture .