Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeffrey Alexander Sterling


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) — Parent5446 ☯ ([ msg] email) 01:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Jeffrey Alexander Sterling

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Fairly clear case of WP:BLP1E. He was arrested last week for leaking information to an NYT reporter, which has caused the recent media coverage; the only other "big" thing he did is trying to sue the CIA for racial discrimination, which failed, back in 2002. The latter, as far as I can tell, was not a major incident and I don't think it's enough to discard the BLP1E situation. Neither do the two combined make him worthy of inclusion here, BLP1E or not. (He was never a ranking CIA official or anything.)

I also would like to advise against the creation of a separate article about the information leak, which some might propose to address the BLP1E issue. This is just the latest in a series of information leakages by government officials that the Obama administration is cracking down on; unless something is the scale of United States diplomatic cables leak, this seems to be actually a not-very-rare occurrence that doesn't have much more than routine news coverage to establish notability. / ƒETCH COMMS  /  01:13, 9 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I favor deleting this article for the reason stated above. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 17:47, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:39, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep (from the creator of the article) - if the indictment turns out to be true, the person is the original sources for the information on Operation Merlin and the book State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Also, the indictment is based on the Espionage Act of 1917, as is Bradley Manning's indictment, which puts in on a similar scale. Charges under the  Espionage Act for mishandling classified information are indeed a "very-rare occurrence" - fifth time this has now happened since the law was passed in 1917, i.e. 94 years ago.  -- Enemenemu (talk) 17:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Have to fully agree with Enemenemu.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * addition to my posting above (from the creator of the article): WP:BLP1E is not justified. The discrimination case had received national (e.g. People Magazine, MSNBC) and international (ABC Radio National) news coverage. -- Enemenemu (talk) 21:04, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. The sources are major news outlets covering an eight or nine year period. Location (talk) 00:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
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