# Claim 221

Judge Leonie Brinkema said she wished she could have imposed a longer sentence than the plea agreement allowed.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Judge Leonie Brinkema said she wished she could have imposed a longer sentence than the plea agreement allowed.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Judge wished for a longer sentence
- About: [incident 2012-us-john-kiriakou-espionage-act-cia-torture-source](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2012-us-john-kiriakou-espionage-act-cia-torture-source)
- Source: Former CIA Officer Gets 30 Months in Prison for Leak. https://abcnews.com/Blotter/john-kiriakou-30-months/story?id=18314999
- Publisher: ABC News
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2013-01-25

## Quotation from the source

> wished she could have imposed a greater sentence.

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