The consensus view on Iran's nuclear program shifted in December with the release of an intelligence report that concluded that Iran halted work on nuclear weapons design in 2003. The publication of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran undermined the CIA's rationale for censoring the former officer's lawsuit, said his lawyer, Roy Krieger.

"On five occasions he was ordered to either falsify his reporting . . . or not to file," Krieger said.

In court documents and in statements by his lawyer, the former officer says that his 22-year CIA career collapsed after he questioned CIA doctrine about the nuclear programs of Iraq and Iran.

He was assigned undercover work in the Persian Gulf reg...

The consensus view on Iran's nuclear program shifted in December with the release of an intelligence report that concluded that Iran halted work on nuclear weapons design in 2003. The publication of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran undermined the CIA's rationale for censoring the former officer's lawsuit, said his lawyer, Roy Krieger.

"On five occasions he was ordered to either falsify his reporting . . . or not to file," Krieger said.

In court documents and in statements by his lawyer, the former officer says that his 22-year CIA career collapsed after he questioned CIA doctrine about the nuclear programs of Iraq and Iran.

He was assigned undercover work in the Persian Gulf region, where he recruited an informant with information on Iran's nuclear program, Krieger said.
... Boston Globe