John Kiriakou: Doing Time Like A Spy · On Prison Survival And The CIA's War On Terror. #DNL11 ·

DOING TIME LIKE A SPY. ON PRISON SURVIVAL AND THE CIA'S WAR ON TERROR.

John Kiriakou (CIA anti-torture whistleblower, USA). Moderated by Magnus Ag (senior program officer, Freemuse, DK/DE)

CIA anti-torture whistleblower John Kiriakou is considered the first US intelligence officer to reveal information about the US intelligence community’s use of torture techniques. A long-time former CIA official and case officer, John Kiriakou became an anti-torture whistleblower and activist when he told ABC News in December 2007 that the CIA was torturing Al Qaeda prisoners. Immediately after John’s interview, the Justice Department initiated a years-long investigation, determined to find something–anything–to charge him with. John eventually was charged with three counts of espionage, one count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and one count of making a false statement as a result of the 2007 ABC News interview.

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Kiriakou began serving his prison sentence. During this keynote presentation, Kiriakou will talk about the effects and costs of national security whistleblowing in the United States, as well as his book, Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison, to be released May 3, 2017 (published by Rare Bird Books). The book is Kiriakou’s memoir of his twenty-three months in prison. Using twenty life skills he learned in CIA operational training, he was able to keep himself safe and at the top of the prison social heap. What were improper and inappropriate manipulations of Kiriakou, through maneuvers that were designed to break him, came an end result that only made him stronger.

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Berlin, May 12, 2017:
PRISONERS OF DISSENT: Locked Up for Exposing Crimes
11th Event of the Disruption Network Lab, Grüner Salon, Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, 10178 Berlin.

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[M.STAR.MEDIA]

I love John Kiriakou and what he stands for 💯 ❤

[carl]

John is an honorable man, and the nation owes him a great deal.

[tomadiamantstein]

John K:
Amazing topic & speaker.
Many thanks !
Keep up the excellent work!

[YahooMurray]

I am reminded of an old saying in the south where I grew up, "it depends on 
whose dog you are kicking"

[tmlmcd]

I've watched a bunch of podcasts and talks John has done and he is such an engaging and colorful story teller. I watch anything I see of his. I must read some of his books

[Raythescandinavian]

The indtruduction toke like 11 minutes . There was no point for that

[drapetomaniadrapetomania]

So true even if you think your sqeaky clean they will create the narrative you did something.

[niceonechief]

10:55 is when he actually starts talking

[bobbybright]

Look how they treat our veterans and reward athletes as hero's.. you kidding me.. no wonder they get away with everything.

[jamiestewart]

OH FUCK. When he said his wife stood by him.. he now knows she was reporting on him to the CIA the entire time behind his back. Poor bastard!

[davidmarston]

When the Truth hurts they build a Case against you!

[allanmedrano]

I like him and his ideas and thoughts. I don’t agree about his assessment of President Trump. But that doesn’t mean I can’t like him.

[ibot]

Not a whistleblower. A gatekeeper..
He is admitting that in the last 5-6 minutes of the video.
And I think this guy did the voice of Kitt in Knight Rider.

[wolfwalker]

This is another example of lawfare. All those prosecuting this guy should loose their job and pension. Failing to uphold their verbal contract oath to uphold the Constitution, they should lose immunity and be open to being sued for every penny they have.

[rca]

John is smart and fascinating and mislead. I think he's in the wrong at times and sadly doesn't seem to want to admit that.

[arx]

My grandpa in WW2 did worse than what John did to Wallace.

[JosephMason-xmqw]

God bless you, sir, and goddamn, the United States of America that has forsaken me as well. It has committed treason against me.

[jorgmarzahn]

Unfortunately it turned out very soon that this event was nothing but a pure promtion show for his unspectular book.Very disapointing for the highly interested participants who hoped to experience breaking relevations. As the author himself said: he is a patriot. And he learnt his lesson.

[josephbadulak]

53:20 another name for 'whistle-blower' 😮😂

[sonnysantana]

1' deny it to the end
2' demand evidence
3' blame it on somebody else