John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, recounts his path into covert operations, his role in counterterrorism after the 2001 terrorist attacks, and the events that ultimately led to his arrest and prison sentence after exposing controversial government practices.
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CHAPTERS:
3:00 – Unexpected Recruitment into the CIA
5:00 – Early Spy Operations & Double Agent Encounters
9:30 – Life as a Counterterrorism Officer Abroad
17:00 – High-Risk Double Agent Mission Turns Deadly
23:00 – Capture of Terrorist Operative & Weapons Cache
31:45 – Inside the CIA on the September 2001 attacks
37:30 – Immediate Aftermath & Call to War
41:00 – Deployment to Pakistan & Hunting Terrorists
48:30 – The Torture Program Revelation
1:00:30 – Arrest, Charges & Facing Decades in Prison
1:04:30 – Sentencing & Reality of Federal Prison
1:07:30 – Surviving Prison Using CIA Tactics
1:14:00 – Manipulation, Power & Prison Psychology
1:28:00 – Life After Prison & Rebuilding a Career
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JK is a seriously smart man. He can work anyone with a smile on his face. The real James Bond.
the cia created a monster lmao
Karlous without the beard
This is John cuckoo bean. He’s so full of horse poop. His eyes are brown. His liberals just oozes out of him couldn’t stomach a little waterboarding just a crybaby you can tell why everybody hated him.
Just watched several interviews where you said torture doesn’t work for gathering information. Now you’re telling a story about an operation where a man was beaten in an attempt to get information. Sure, you didn’t get the information from him, but you still participated in an operation where someone was beaten, and you seemed pretty proud of the story. That feels inconsistent with what you’ve said elsewhere.
I understand that after being imprisoned for being a whistleblower, you may have had to find creative ways to make a living. Even so, this still comes across as inauthentic to me. There’s a difference between sharing your experiences and seeming to celebrate or profit from actions that don’t align with the principles you now advocate. It also comes across like you’re continuing to profit from these stories by reliving the glory of them for financial gain. Whether that’s your intent or not, that’s how it comes across to me, and it makes your message feel contradictory.
1 of my favorite episodes. Two fantastic story tellers in there natural environment.
I hope they do a biopic movie on him and Charles Finfrock
This is the first time I’ve ever heard John lie about an incident. Obviously he’s told this story about not getting to go on vacation with his wife to do a job, but in every other interview he said he went 2-3 weeks later and had a wonderful time. This time he said “I never did go on that vacation”. I feel like this is the start of him losing his credibility. He’s put too much info out there to change his stories now. 🤷
I waited ,and he showed that anger that is his back one ,leads him to twist the truth for everyone. Plenty of people speak Greek and Arabic in the CIA , pathological liar.BTW 115 IS USED IN ZIRAQ AS A 911 SECONDARY EMERGENCY NUMBER
Idk what it is but this guy seems like he’s making a lot of this up lol
One of your best podscasts ever your both absolutely professional well spoken not ghetto thorough story tellers and this was amazing Matt proud of you man
All that training and he still runs with the matrix narrative we know the American government was behind 9/11
John is my favorite guest I can listen to his adventures all day long . ❤