John Kiriakou is the only person in CIA history to go to prison for crimes relating to torture - NOT carrying out torture, or giving the order for others to carry out said torture. Instead, John went to prison for blowing the whistle on torture. Join us as we talk about what led to John blowing the whistle, what exactly was/is enhanced interrogation, was it actually useful, as well as some of the less publicised, darker aspects of whistleblowing, such as multiple FBI investigations, malicious prosecution and more.
01:30 Intro02:30 Blowing the whistle in 2007 on torture program.05:00 Extremist groups in the 90's in Greece09:00 Only 16 Arabic speakers in the CIA!12:15 What were your next moves in intelligence after the WTC attacks16:00 Capturing "Al-Qaeda's number 3 guy" & Extraordinary Rendition29:04 Can we really say that there were no secret prisons or rendition programs prior to 2002?32:30 Enhanced interrogation training (IE torture program)35:18 The "13 steps" of enhanced interrogation41:00 Does torture actually work?43:15 You are quoted as saying in interviews torture does work?49:00 your blowing the whistle wasn't only altruistic52:15 Multiple FBI investigations against you & sentencing 57:30 Whistleblower treatment1:07:00 False Flags & CIA operations - Northwoods, Bluebook Mockingbird etc. - governments lie... 01:09:00 9/11 - Al Qaeda or inside job?01:12:00 Operation Northwoods false flags01:17:10 Educate yourselves!
Before I add the links to different sources for some of the elements we touch on, John has written multiple books, both on blowing the whistle and other elements surrounding his time in the CIA. I'm going to pop a link here - it's not an affiliate link or anything - I'm not paid to add it nor has John asked me, but I do have a couple of his books and they make for fascinating reading, if you're interested in this kind of stuff and want to know more about John, by all means grab one of his books. I truly believe in the adage of we vote with our dollars and that we should support those who we believe in, if we can (times are hard for everyone!)https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJohn+Kiriakou&s=relevancerank&text=John+Kiriakou&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1It's the amazon link for his authors page - but you can get the books from other vendors or local book stores! I try to go local where possible and only use amazon for my books as a last resort.
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US lacking Arabic speakershttps://apnews.com/article/5b8b125043f122eb0625b2670f0702fchttps://archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/lack-arabic-speakers-crack-us-securityhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intelligence-language-idUSTRE78I4P820110919Abu Zabaydah in custody still https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-politics-and-media-still-get-wrong-about-abu-zubaydahhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/us-captured-tortured-and-cleared-abu-zubaydah-hes-still-in-gitmoGeorge Bush - we don't torture peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LtL9lCTRA&ab_channel=VeracifierWhich secret prison was Zubaydah brought tohttps://web.archive.org/web/20190622221307/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-did-abu-zubaydah-lose-his-eyeCIA 13 steps enhanced interrogationhttps://www.foxnews.com/us/a-list-of-the-13-enhanced-interrogation-techniques-used-by-the-cia-on-detaineesCIA Tortured prisoners to deathhttps://medium.com/war-is-boring/dont-ever-forget-the-cia-tortured-prisoners-to-death-c787b13a4e88https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/tort-a25.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/Daniel Elsberg - pentagon papershttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57341592Selection of different operations highlighting three letter agencies operations conducted (or planned to be conducted on) the citizenryOperation Northwoodshttps://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/news/20010430/northwoods.pdfTuskegeehttps://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/index.htmlMidnight Climaxhttps://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-cias-operation-midnight-climax-was-exactly-what-it-sounded-like-fa63f84ad015Prism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-dataStellar windhttps://oig.justice.gov/reports/2015/PSP-09-18-15-vol-III.pdf