Condoleezza Rice testifies at CIA leak trial

January 16, 2015

Former national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told jurors she was stunned to learn that a classified mission to thwart Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions had been leaked to the news media.

That leak is now the subject of a criminal trial in federal court. Prosecutors believe ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling illegally disclosed details of the program to New York Times journalist James Risen because he was bitter about his treatment at the agency.