Sterling was convicted for allegedly leaking information about a botched covert operation called “Operation Merlin” – that operation resulted in the CIA essentially handing over nuclear information to Iran. On Wednesday morning – Jeffrey Sterling’s wife – Holly Sterling presented a petition to the White House asking President Obama to pardon her husband. The petition went up in December – and in just two months it has already gained 100,000 signatures with the sponsorship of Change.org and RootsAction.org.