Contractor to plead guilty in D.C. leak probe

A former State Department contractor has agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified information to a television reporter, bringing to an end a case that became the center of controversy over the Obama administration’s aggressive leak investigations.

Stephen Kim was accused of the unauthorized disclosure of national defense information to James Rosen, a Fox News journalist.

The Justice Department subpoenaed Rosen’s phone records as part of its probe, a revelation that became public last year, three years after it occurred.

A proposed plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Washington calls for a sentence of 13 months in prison. The deal must still be