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Both obsequious Lloyd Williams QC and similarly lying barrister,
Christian Howells, really excelled themselves assuming the tape does not
go straight to Bar Council for a protracted disciplinary enquiry along
side a like minded barrister based in Somerset.
So what do I say to HM Recorder of Exeter Crown Court , His Honour
Judge Johnson on Tuesday, when even the Crown Prosecution Service
(England) have been fooled by the Welsh police by refusing to hand over
to it my Cardiff Prison stopped letters seeking help from both Alun
Cairns MP and John Graham Esq?
This deactivation certificate was deliberately withheld from the new
owner, the Coopers, of this mock-up of a WW1 Lewis gun, film prop from
‘Gun-bus’, by police trying to hide the fact that having unblocked the
barrel in June 2009, in order to have me gaoled for 10 years minimum, I
was January 2010 acquitted requiring no defence evidence or summing -up
to the jury, it needed to be blocked up again (secretly by police) with
no one to know about exactly what had happened.
FAO Case no CO/3982/2009
HM Administrative Court
Cardiff
Dear Sir /Madam, 18th March 2012
Application to re-instate the Case
Maurice John Kirk v NHS (Wales) & G4S (HMP Parc, Bridgend)
For 10 years leading up to this 1CF03361 24th
January 2020 machine gun conspiracy damages claim hearing Welsh
authorities have continued to withhold the Claimant’s medical records
(Caswell Clinic since 2009) and both HM Prison and Probation records.
All are required for this civil action for damages following the
anticipated acquittal with no required defence.
Despite court
orders for disclosure, eg November 2008 relating to 50 odd lost
malicious criminal prosecutions, both Defendants with the south Wales
Police continue to fail to disclose T2009/7445 alleged ‘trading in
machine guns ’ evidence or the evidence that the Claimant has such
‘significant brain damage’ as is or was such a ‘risk’ needing him to
be registered MAPPA level 3 category 3 ‘most dangerous’ .
Both
defendants knew the Claimant was neither in possession of the
originally decommissioned 1916 Lewis machine gun at the material time
nor lawfully diagnosed as having ‘significant brain damage’ fit for
Ashworth hospital prison for life..
On the contrary, the
Defendants with the South Wales Police have acted maliciously throughout
and to such a level that this and associated cases need to be placed
before HM Court of Appeal or high court with an outside police force for
criminal investigations.
Partly disclosed Caswell Clinic records, this week only following the 4th
time in asking under Subject Access Requests, reveal even conspiracy
to pervert the course of justice amongst some of the Caswell Clinic
prison staff based in Glanrhyd hospital, Bridgend.
The
Claimant’s Judicial Review application, CO/3982/ 2019, has been
dismissed by the court due to the Claimant inadvertently sending a blank
version of certificate of service to the court in error when he had
correctly served certificates of service on both Defendants solicitors,
Dolmans, on 12th February 2020, after speaking to Defendants barrister, Christian Howells on the 12th February 20 and backed to Dolmans , solicitors by email, a copy of certificate of posting requesting confirmation received.
All of which the Claimant attempts to enclose attached to this letter of application.
The
Claimant, for simplicity’s sake, subject to any new court directions,
requests resurrection of the CO/3982/2019 JR application bearing in mind
the original Particulars of Cause for a Judicial Review is of such
magnitude and public interest was received by all parties in November
2019 and again on 12th Feb 2020 upon claimant’s release from prison.
Maurice J Kirk BVSc
So, bevy of barristers, 30 Park Chambers, Cardiff, has dumped their
honest female barrister who has been defending the successive chief
constables for the past 10 years in my machinegun damages claim, CF03361
& 40 odd failed South Wales Police malicious criminal prosecutions,
claim BS614159, to be replaced an admirably qualified liar to drag out
this already twelve years of nefarious conduct in keeping with too many
found lying , day by day, in your South Wales law courts.
I will request tomorrow in Cardiff County Court, at 10.30am, for my
1CF03361 eleven year running damages claim to be transferred to England.
For
those following this 30 year South Wales Police conspiracy, to pervert
the course of justice, this leaked email extract has fortunately helped
CPS to understand why I had complained so bitterly for the dropping of
indictments, under the 2002 terrorism Act by my purportedly being gaoled
for my sending ‘anthrax’ to John Graham and heroin Alun Cairns MP from
a Cardiff prison cell
This miserably failed ‘trading in machine guns’ conspiracy, by the
South Wales Police, despite having unblocked someone else’s deactivated
replica and unserviceable WW1 Lewis machine gun and had repainted it a
different colour to try and fool the jury in order to have me shot,
because their frantically dreamed up MAPPA level 3 terrorist level
victim of the State registration was simply to STOP this Claimant’s
BS6141592 civil claims. Claims resulting from over 40 failed malicious
criminal prosecutions but listed to be heard in that very same summer
requiring between 200 to 300 serving and retired officers of the South
Wales Police constabulary.
Chief Constable Barbara Wilding’s earlier attempt to have me
incarcerated for life in Ashworth’s high security psychiatric hospital,
due to ‘significant brain damage’ from being a ‘long term drinking
partner’ of actor, Oliver Reed, had also failed.
Failed despite having blackmailed a quite unsuitably qualified
Caswell Clinic, Glanrhyd Hospital consultant psychiatrist, now sacked
and exiled for it to New Zealand, to write for His Honour Judge Neil
Bidder QC, my false 19th October 2009 medical report for his most
irregular secret 2nd December 2009 Cardiff Crown court hearing. As an
Englishman, of course, neither myself nor my legal representation was
allowed to be present
Who cares, the welsh will have their own thoroughly corrupt judiciary
soon if the way my United Kingdom appears to be heading with that
selfish little bitch on the other side of Hadrian’s Wall still in power.
The Welsh have done it again but this time using its Cardiff ‘s Civil Justice Centre.
Lloyd
Williams QC lied or did he when stating the trial judge and he had
already agreed I would not be getting a jury or the witnesses the police
had used in their disastrous 2010 criminal T20097445 jury trialThe 10 year old bill now exceeds three million pounds
At the last hearing the QC, Lloyd Williams, for the current chief
constable, the Defendant in the case, jumped at the unusual opportunity
for Judge Andrew Keiser was no where to be seen at the start of yet
another ridiculous Cardiff court hearing.
Replacement HHJ Beard, instead, ordered the disclosure of 20 odd
police ‘machine gun’ related prosecution files, to the horror of both
Oliver and Williams, that should of been disclosed in 2010 while I was in Cardiff prison facing a mandatory 10 year prison term.
Since the 2010 welsh police’s failed T20097445 ‘trading in machine
guns’ malicious criminal prosecution, that even required no defence, I
have spent five years in welsh prisons on a string of fictitious
criminal prosecutions primarily in ‘breach of restraining orders’ that
were never served on me at the right time, in the first place.
This, my personal account, will slowly unfold here for world -wide
coverage before Friday’s hearing on just how the welsh police continue
to evilly behave.
In withholding the fact the ARH/1 exhibit , purported prohibited
weapon in my machine gun’ trial, the owner of the court exhibit having
been posted back to him, informs me without a scrap of paperwork says it
all! NOT even this little piece of significant paper that just happens
to come my way well hidden, until now, in those late disclosed police
prosecution files
BUT will an English police force eventually intervene , as I have asked for for decades?
REDACTED EMAIL TO RECOVER MY G4S /SOUTH WALES POLICE STOLEN PROPERTY
Dear Sir/Madam
I enclose a published world-wide summary of my 2019 welsh
prisons stolen correspondence by G4S and South Wales Police, re dropped
criminal prosecutions for fear the evidence. if disclosed , may
undermine the outstanding ………. ……….
CPS Bristol confirm, yet again, the welsh authorities are
deliberately still withholding my 2019 prison letters, asking for help
from a number of MPs and even the specific May 2019 letter XXXX.
These letters and the ones of mine to others, the South Wales
Police have confiscated including those of mine to John Graham Esq I was
gaoled for many months for the purported content of JG’s letter and the
welsh authorities, of course, refuse either of us now to have a copy of
any of them despite using their content to have me brutally
incarcerated by fabricating I had a conviction for ‘child abuse’!
Of course, out of spite, the welsh eventually dropped the
fabricated conviction ever existed and also ones including ‘firearms’
and ‘peddling of narcotics’!
Within my 1st Nov 2019 robbed G4S data, police and medical data
is also required for your hearing. I NOW need my property back from G4S
HMP Parc, Bridgend for my 18th December 2020 1CF03361 (trading in
machine-guns’) civil claim hearing apart from your one.
Dear Crime Commissioner for Avon & Somerset Constabulary
A Serious Robbery by G4S at Parc Prison
A Serious Theft by Cardiff Prison of Prisoner’s correspondence The
Crown Prosecution Service, based in Bristol, again confirm that the
South Wales Police have still not released to the English authorities
either my letter of May/June 2019 to John Graham Esq, purportedly
stuffed with an ‘unknown white powder’
or my letter to Alun Cairns MP of the Vale of Glamorgan and
others, received from me or was blocked from receiving from me what
prison staff believed, at the time, to be either anthrax or heroin.
Whether Mr Cairns eventually received, at least the letter,
the CPS are unable to disclose, as the wicked welsh had used the rumour
to block my May 2019 release to have me locked away in both HMP Cardiff
and G4S Parc prison for most of the year on the strength of it when I
was not even interviewed either!
The Cardiff prison’s local police instructions were to
disrupt my appeal papers reaching the HM Royal Courts of Justice
following the vindictive two-year prison term handed down by Judge Tracy
Lloyd Clarke who, almost in the same breath, stating she did not have
the power to cause a NHS (Wales) , GMC or CPS investigation on how a
welsh doctor, now sacked, from Caswell Clinic, was allowed to lie in
open court.
This lying head of department was able to present his 19th
October 2009 psychiatric report to the Cardiff Crown Court that I
suffered ‘significant brain damage’, for having ditched my WW2 cub in
the Caribbean!
The blackmailed unqualified doctor, for reading Spec scans, had secretly attended a 2nd
December 2009 court in the deliberate absence of myself or any form of
legal representation as I was on remand for the equally fanciful
criminal allegation of ‘trading in machine-guns’.The blackmailed doctor
had recommended to His Honour Judge Neil Bidder QC recommending I be
locked away for life as MAPPA level most dangerous in Ashworth’s
notorious psychiatric prison
As for my 2019 RCJ appeal papers, for censorship, prisoners
reported to me seeing my mail piling up in the F Wing office with many
of those letters waved ‘under my nose’ ‘through the cell door window by
various trustees out of cell.
The violent G4S robbery, by eight officers while putting
handcuffs behind my back, was to ensure I was permanently separated from
my property.
Maurice Kirk BVSc
PS May I suggest you set aside a larger filing cabinet to store my
South Wales complaints as the enclosed John Graham letter, alone ,
indicates further conspiracies.
I enclose a published world-wide summary of my 2019 welsh prisons
stolen correspondence by G4S and South Wales Police, re their dropped
criminal prosecutions for fear the evidence. if disclosed , may
undermine an outstanding matter
CPS Bristol confirm, yet again, the welsh authorities are
deliberately still withholding my 2019 prison letters, asking for help
from a number of MPs and even the specific May 2019 letter I sent to Ms
Rebecca Pow MP asking to expedite my membership lapse for fear of the
wrong PM is voted in on 3rd June 2019.
These letters and the ones of mine to others, the South Wales
Police have confiscated including those of mine to John Graham Esq. I
was gaoled for many months for the purported content of JG’s letter and
the welsh authorities, of course, refuse either of us now to have a copy
of any of them despite using their content to have me brutally
incarcerated by fabricating I had a conviction for ‘child abuse’!
Of course, out of spite, the welsh eventually dropped the fabricated
conviction ever existed and also their fictitious convictions, including
‘firearms’ and ‘peddling narcotics’!
Within my robbed 1st November 2019 data, by G4S, I also require files
for other hearings NOW back from G4S HMP Parc, Bridged for the 18th
December 2020 1CF0361 (trading in machine-guns ‘) civil claim hearing,
for example AND another.
"Former [undercover] CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was convicted of espionage charges on
January 26, 2015."
"Between 2002 and 2004, the U.S. federal government intercepted
several interstate emails to and from Sterling, which were "(...) routed through a server located in the Eastern District of Virginia (...)". The authorities also traced telephone calls between Sterling and[5]—the journalist and book author James Risen. In the intercepted communications, Sterling revealed national defense information to an unauthorized person.[15] In March 2003 Sterling also raised concerns with the Senate Intelligence Committee about a "poorly executed and dangerous Operation Merlin."[what is Operation Merlin? "Operation Merlinwas a United Statescovert operation under the Clinton Administration to provide Iran with a flawed design for a component of a nuclear weapon ostensibly in order to delay the alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program, or to frame Iran.[1]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Merlin]...ed.]
"On December 22, 2010, U.S. attorney Neil H. MacBride filed an indictment against Sterling on the unlawful retention and unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, mail fraud, unauthorized conveyance of government property, and obstruction of justice. Sterling was arrested on January 6, 2011.[15] Sterling became the fifth individual in the history of the United States who has been charged, under the Espionage Act, with mishandling national defense information.[10][21][22][23]"
"Sterling, who maintains that his communications with Risen did
not involve secret information, was convicted of espionage charges on
January 26, 2015. Sentencing was originally scheduled for April 24,[31] but after learning of the sentence of no more than two years’ probation plus a fine given one day earlier to David Petraeus
for the misdemeanor of unauthorized removal and retention of classified
material, Sterling's lawyers submitted a plea that Sterling "not
receive a different form of justice" than Petraeus, asking for a
similarly lenient sentence instead of the 19 to 24 years imprisonment
sought by the federal prosecutors.[32] On May 11, 2015, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema
sentenced Sterling to 3½ years in prison. Judge Brinkema said there was
"no more critical secret" than revealing the identity of a man working
with the CIA, and thatSterling deserved a harsher penalty than other
recent leakers because he had not pleaded guilty or admitted wrongdoing." [really?...ed.]
source: Wikipedia [see full article below]...ed.].
In the essay being released in this email, Jeffrey Sterling writes
about “pardon season” -- the time when each outgoing president hands out
pardons -- and what it means to him as a CIA whistleblower who spent
two and a half years in prison after a trial under the widely
discredited century-old Espionage Act.
From the time that Jeffrey underwent
a federal courtroom ordeal more than five years ago that BBC News
called “a trial by metadata,” the RootsAction Education Fund has been
proud to work in solidarity with him. Jeffrey went through channels to
expose government wrongdoing -- only to be later charged, convicted and
imprisoned on the basis of flimsy non-evidence.
We’re now equally proud to sponsor
Jeffrey’s work as the coordinator of The Project for Accountability.
You’ll give him a lift if you make a tax-deductible donation in support of that exciting venture.
Half of every dollar you donate will go directly to Jeffrey as he works
to rebuild his life, while the other half will go to sustaining his
project.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey hopes that
someone reading this email will assist him in finding employment. (For
context, perhaps a potential employer would be interested in reading
Jeffrey’s recent book, Unwanted Spy.) All inquiries for possible employment can be sent directly to Jeffrey at hjster@tutanota.de.
And now, here’s what Jeffrey has
written for sharing with supporters of the RootsAction Education Fund
and The Project for Accountability. [From Jeffrey:]
The Trump presidency is coming to an
end and much like previous outgoing administrations, the topic of
pardons has come to the fore. This time around, the presidential pardon
has a bit more of an odd if not distasteful tinge about it that casts an
even dimmer pall on the routine. I can’t recall another presidential
pardon season that was more focused on what and who will receive a
pardon and for what reason. I wonder if the entire process should be
done away with, but that is a discussion best suited for another
occasion. What this pardon season has done for me has awakened a
painfully personal and long-simmering introspection, mainly, would I
want or accept a pardon?
The prospect of a pardon is
wonderful, a potential wiping clean of one’s slate. What a gift that
would be for anyone and it is not lost upon me the fact that the pardon
season is typically staged during the holiday season. And even though
the chances have always been and most likely will always be slim for a
pardon to be placed under my Christmas tree, every pardon season I find
myself wondering, what if? Every time I wonder about receiving such a
gift, I confirm my resolve that such a present is nothing I would ever
want or accept.
By definition, a pardon means to be
forgiven for a crime; in the case of Presidential pardons, that
forgiveness extends only to federal crimes. My January 2015 conviction
for violating the Espionage Act, unjust as it was, certainly amounted to
a federal crime, thereby making me eligible to receive such
presidential benevolence. But, merely being eligible for grace doesn’t
necessarily make receiving it a good thing.
My personal difficulty with a pardon
is the acceptance of which is an admission of guilt. A pardon is not a
reversal, not a real cleaning of the slate. When you look at it, a
pardon is more symbolic than anything because it will not erase or
expunge the record of a conviction. Some rights are restored via a
pardon, but the conviction and admission of committing a crime remain.
Is this really such a wonderful gift? Not to me. A pardon in my case
would strip all semblance of truth and veracity from who I am as a
person. A pardon for me would be the antithesis of my overall life
ambition, to be true to myself. I could not in good conscience admit to a
crime I did not commit, nor knuckle under to a biased criminal justice
system. In much the same way, I could not and will not accept a pardon
from this president nor any other. The years and years with my life on
hold living with the specter of being persecuted by the government and
country that I tried to serve and being unjustly prosecuted and
imprisoned for taking a stand in furtherance of that service cannot be
wiped away by an ultimately symbolic presidential gesture.
But, I will admit I had visions of
some sort of relief dancing in my head during Mr. Obama’s pardon season.
I was in prison, away from my loved ones and friends, cast away like so
much garbage. I was desperate for that situation to change, to do
anything to return home. I put my faith in the law and filed an appeal
to the unjust conviction. There was also the herculean effort by my dear
wife Holly, independent of my legal team, to petition the president for
a pardon; she was also desperate to change an injustice and have me
returned home. I had some rather mixed feelings on the subject at the
time because I knew what a pardon would ultimately mean and I had doubts
Mr. Obama would do anything to change the victory against truth and
whistleblowers he and his Attorney General Eric Holder worked so
vehemently for and relished in. Regardless, I was focused on anything
that would get me out of that prison. Through her efforts, thousands
upon thousands of supporters signed the petition and I was moved beyond
measure at the outpouring of support. I found encouragement in both the
appeal and the petition.
Like a child who writes a letter to
Santa, I was filled with anticipation for both the appeal and prospect
of a pardon, either could mean getting me out of that prison, the only
immediate present I wanted. I was a mainstay in the prison television
room and had my radio constantly tuned in to NPR for any news of what
pardons Mr. Obama would hand out. There was nothing but coal for me from
Mr. Obama, I was not one of the chosen to receive a gift of his
presidential benevolence. He summarily ignored the petition from my wife
and supporters without so much as a response.
The appeal would also ultimately
fail as the appellate court perfunctorily rubber stamped the conviction
allowing it to stand forever. I was to remain in prison for the length
of my sentence and continue to wear the scarlet letter of being
convicted of a crime. To say I was disheartened would be an
understatement, I was crushed. The disappointment was more pointed at
the appeal than the prospect of a pardon. The legal system had once
again failed me. The lack of a pardon also stung, not so much that I did
not receive one, but I felt I had in some way let down Holly and my
supporters. But, I did receive something wonderful and unexpected.
Though the petition effort failed, the effort gave me much more than any
pardon ever could, it helped me maintain my dignity and belief in
myself.
I want it to be understood that
despite my feelings on pardons, I was and remain extremely proud and
thankful of the effort put forth on my behalf. Had I refused a pardon at
that time, it would not have been an expression of dismissiveness at my
wife and supporters. A very real thought for me at that time, in
moments of clarity, was that accepting a pardon would actually mean
turning my back on all the wonderful people who were supporting me. A
pardon may have removed me from that prison, but I would have remained
forever confined, bounded by a lie. That was a personal and general
betrayal I knew I couldn’t live with. I could not have, in good
conscience accepted anything that would have compromised who I was and
am. The ordeal fighting against discrimination at the CIA, bringing
official attention to a dangerous operation, and the tremendous struggle
against false accusations of violating the Espionage Act could not have
been in vain. All the loss and pain associated with those many years
had to mean something.
While of no consideration for me, I
do believe that pardons should be on offer to Edward Snowden, Reality
Winner, Terry Albury, John Kiriakou, and the many other patriots who
chose to take the ultimate stand and bring to light government
wrongdoing and abuses of power. Their ordeals are no less unjust, and my
position in no way is meant as a statement on their stance. Much like
the decision to take a stand, whether to ask for or accept a pardon is a
personal choice. For me, nothing is going to take away the experiences
of being tried, convicted, and imprisoned for a crime I did not commit.
That I have not received a pardon and will adamantly refuse one if so
considered is the best gift I can continue to give to myself during any
pardon season and the rest of my life. I have been through hell and I
continue to hold my head high, I don’t want a pardon to ever take that
away from me.
Jeffrey Alexander Sterling is an American lawyer and former CIA employee who was arrested, charged, and convicted of violating the Espionage Act for revealing details about Operation Merlin (covert operation to supply Iran with flawed nuclear warhead blueprints) to journalist James Risen.[2][4][5] The case was based on what the judge called "very powerful circumstantial evidence."[6][7] In May 2015, Sterling was sentenced to 3½ years in prison.[8]
In 2016 and 2017, he filed complaints and wrote letters regarding
mistreatment, lack of medical treatment for life-threatening conditions,
and false allegations against him by corrections officers leading to
further punitive measures.[9] He was released from prison in January 2018.
After training in Persian in 1997, he was sent first to Bonn, Germany, and two years later to New York City to recruit Iranian nationals as agents for the CIA as part of a secret intelligence operation involving Iran's weapons capabilities.[11] From early 1998 to May 2000, Sterling assumed responsibility as case officer
for a Russian emigre with an engineering background in nuclear physics
and production, whom the CIA employed as a carrier to pass flawed design
plans to the Iranians.[12][non-primary source needed]
In April 2000, Sterling filed a complaint with the CIA's Equal
Employment Office about management's alleged racial discrimination
practices. The CIA subsequently revoked Sterling's authorization to
receive or possess classified documents concerning the secret operation
and placed him on administrative leave in March 2001.[13][14]
After the failure of two settlement attempts, his contract with the CIA was terminated on January 31, 2002.[15][non-primary source needed]
Equal Employment lawsuit
Sterling's
lawsuit accusing CIA officials of racial discrimination was dismissed
by the judge after the government successfully argued the state secrets privilege by alleging the litigation would require disclosure of classified information. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
upheld the dismissal, ruling in 2005 that "there is no way for Sterling
to prove employment discrimination without exposing at least some
classified details of the covert employment that gives context to his
claim."[16][17][18][19]
Between 2002 and 2004, the U.S. federal government intercepted
several interstate emails to and from Sterling, which were "(...) routed through a server located in the Eastern District of Virginia (...)". The authorities also traced telephone calls between Sterling and[5]—the journalist and book author James Risen. In the intercepted communications, Sterling revealed national defense information to an unauthorized person.[15] In March 2003 Sterling also raised concerns with the Senate Intelligence Committee about a "poorly executed and dangerous Operation Merlin."[20]
On December 22, 2010, U.S. attorney Neil H. MacBride filed an indictment against Sterling on the unlawful retention and unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, mail fraud, unauthorized conveyance of government property, and obstruction of justice. Sterling was arrested on January 6, 2011.[15] Sterling became the fifth individual in the history of the United States who has been charged, under the Espionage Act, with mishandling national defense information.[10][21][22][23]
In a hearing at the U.S. District Court on January 14, 2011,
Sterling's defense attorney, Edward MacMahon, entered a not guilty plea.[24][25] MacMahon reported to the court that he was still waiting for clearance to discuss the case in detail with his client.[26]
Rather than relying exclusively on records of electronic communications
to legally establish that Sterling exchanged information with Risen,[27] the prosecution has subpoenaed Risen to testify and reveal his journalistic sources,[28] an effort which Risen and his attorneys are contesting.[29][30]
Sterling, who maintains that his communications with Risen did
not involve secret information, was convicted of espionage charges on
January 26, 2015. Sentencing was originally scheduled for April 24,[31] but after learning of the sentence of no more than two years’ probation plus a fine given one day earlier to David Petraeus
for the misdemeanor of unauthorized removal and retention of classified
material, Sterling's lawyers submitted a plea that Sterling "not
receive a different form of justice" than Petraeus, asking for a
similarly lenient sentence instead of the 19 to 24 years imprisonment
sought by the federal prosecutors.[32] On May 11, 2015, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema
sentenced Sterling to 3½ years in prison. Judge Brinkema said there was
"no more critical secret" than revealing the identity of a man working
with the CIA, and that Sterling deserved a harsher penalty than other
recent leakers because he had not pleaded guilty or admitted wrongdoing.
The judge said she was moved by his accomplishments but needed to send a
message to others: "If you do knowingly reveal these secrets, there's
going to be a price to be paid."[8] On June 22, 2017, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the sentence.[33]
Sterling was incarcerated at FCI Englewood. In 2016, Sterling's wife said that she was afraid that Sterling could die of health issues behind bars.[34]In September 2016, Sterling detailed the FBI's continued indifference
in his seeking treatment for a severe heart condition, in letters which
were published byCommon Dreams.[35][36][unreliable source?] In April 2017 Sterling was placed into solitary confinement after he allegedly threatened an officer.[9][unreliable source?]He was "denied medication for his heart condition and endured a cardiac-related episode" while in solitary confinement.[9][unreliable source?]
Personal life
Sterling is married to Holly Sterling, a social worker. They met via Match.com. On their second date, they agreed to get married barefoot on the beach. They were married in Jamaica.[37][38]
Jeffrey Alexander Sterling v. George Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Complaint filed by Sterling, alleging racial discrimination
Sterling v. Tenet, 416 F.3d 338 (4th Cir. 2005) - published opinion of the Fourth Circuit affirming the district court's dismissal of the case on state secrets doctrine grounds
"Defendant's Opposition to Government's Motion for Pretrial Detention"(PDF). Politico. January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2015. He
has no criminal record whatsoever and is married to his wife Holly, who
is a social worker. He lives modestly outside of Saint Louis, Missouri
in O’Fallon. He owns his own home with his wife though it is mortgaged.
Mr. Sterling is a graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis
earning his JD in 1992.