John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.

John’s Links:

Substack: https://johnkiriakou.substack.com

X: https://x.com/johnkiriakou?lang=en

IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/

Deep Focus: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepFocuswithJohnKiriakou

DeProgram: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow

Previous interview with John:

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/P1kOwRMd3o8?si=DozbstsbQWTYjO6p

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/ynMg7-QfL10?si=4h-yt_wZuWyFRtNk 

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00:00 | Intro

03:31 | What is a CIA Operations Officer (Spy)?

17:56 | Recruiting a terrorist bomb maker

25:13 | How to tell if you’re being followed (SDR)

37:50 | Advanced CIA Technology 

43:42 | Palantir

45:36 | John Brennan’s Tuesday Morning Kill List

52:44 | Private Intelligence 

01:00:03 | Blackwater assassination program

01:07:54 | John’s work on Bruno with Sacha Baron Cohen

01:20:36 | Jordanian Intelligence Service

01:27:45 | CIA Ground Branch/ Special Activities

01:40:06 | CIA’s Infiltration of Podcasts/ Media Propaganda

01:49:27 | The National Endowment for Democracy

01:56:14 | The Craziest Thing John Ever Saw at the CIA

02:09:43 | MK Ultra & Remote Viewing

02:14:32 | Vault 7 Technology

02:17:25 | Manipulating People Psychologically

02:33:05 | Recruiting an Engineer 

02:42:25 | The Mossad

03:00:25 | Mossad Dubai Hit

03:17:55 | CIA GRS

03:19:35 | Yemen

03:24:17 | Meeting Anwar al-Awlaki

03:29:53 | The 3 Saudi Princes Who Were in Abu Zubaydah’s Contacts

03:33:52 | Kidnapping and Torture of CIA Officer Bill Buckley

03:36:39 | Mike Spann 

03:38:45 | Dasht-i-Leili Massacre

03:44:13 | John Kerry 

03:56:42 | Bizarre Meeting with Joe Biden

04:03:53 | John on how to be a great story teller and become more articulate 

04:15:57 | Outro