The Invisible Man: Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Whistleblower

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9. the 'leak' likely came from Congress first

...and the information wasn't something that compromised their dangerous and dubious mission. Russia and Iran knew the blueprints were 'flawed' from the start and merely set about replacing the flaws with corrections.

What the U.S. government, the CIA, has been concerned with about the 'leaks' (which they were only able to accuse with the most circumstantial of evidence: the word 'Merlin' found on Sterling's computer) had less to do with a compromise of national security than it did with the revelation to the American public of their embarrassingly dangerous and dubious ploy and the accountability which would follow.

It's always offensive to me that this black CIA agent's discrimination suit which he filed has been used to characterize him as a 'malcontent.' It's disgusting and a reflection of the way whistleblowers are demonized for their efforts.

It shouldn't be forgotten that Sterling's initial revelation of this blueprint scheme was to Senate committee investigators. It was alleged (and still unproven) that he later revealed that information to Risen in an interview, although, as Risen says, could have come from any number of sources that he used for his book.