Former CIA Officer & Torture Program Whistleblower | John Kiriakou

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John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer who worked as both an analyst and operations officer, serving on the Iraq portfolio, in Greece, and in Pakistan, where he helped lead the capture of Abu Zubaydah. He later became a prominent whistleblower on the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program, was prosecuted under the Espionage Act, served time in federal prison, and has since worked as an author, commentator, and lecturer.VAER Watches ⬇️https://www.vaerwatches.com/theteamhouse get a free watch roll with your purchase.20% off for active duty, veteran, leo, & first responders For ad free episdoes subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse00:00 – Start01:01 – John Kiriakou’s Upbringing & Greek-American Family06:29 – Studying Middle Eastern Affairs & an Early Interest in Espionage09:15 – The CIA Officer Posing as His College Professor12:29 – Joining the CIA as an Analyst14:53 – Briefing President George H.W. Bush During the Gulf War16:58 – Working the Gulf War From CIA Headquarters20:06 – Life After the Gulf War & Getting Burned Out on Iraq22:30 – Writing a National Intelligence Estimate on Saddam Hussein22:53 – Deciding to Leave Analysis for Operations25:06 – Going Through CIA Operational Training28:37 – Weapons, Explosives & Recruiting Spies29:45 – Arriving in Athens as a CIA Case Officer33:46 – Walk-Ins, Probes & Embassy Security37:52 – CIA Disguises & Fooling the U.S. Ambassador42:40 – The Terrorist Group 17 November45:12 – The Assassination of British Defense Attaché Stephen Saunders48:38 – 17 November Names Kiriakou in Its Manifesto51:26 – Who Was Really Behind 17 November?55:09 – How the Group Was Finally Unmasked1:01:24 – Interrogating Carlos the Jackal1:03:32 – 9/11 Changes Everything1:04:44 – Watching the Second Plane Hit From CIA Headquarters1:07:41 – Volunteering for the War on Terror1:08:34 – Pakistan After 9/11: “The Wild West”1:11:38 – Pakistan, the Taliban & the War Next Door1:14:02 – The Two Faces of Pakistani Intelligence1:15:51 – Capturing Abu Zubaydah1:16:42 – Inside the CIA’s Torture