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Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer, is arrested and charged under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking details of Operation Merlin to a journalist, a charge he denies. He believes his racial discrimination case against the CIA made him a target.

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In 2015, former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the Espionage Act by leaking details of a top-secret operation to a journalist - a charge he has always denied. Jeffrey believes that during his time at the Agency, he was discriminated against for the color of his skin - and that his complaints made him a target.

The US Government's position is clear. In this episode of True Spies, Daisy Ridley hears Jeffrey's side of the story.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

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