John Kiriakou

We all thought that with the Church Committee and Pike Committee reforms of 1975 and 1976, that we had cleaned all that out.

And maybe we did, at least for a while.

But September 11th changed everything.

And the CIA went back to the battle days with largely the support of the American people, at least for a while, and certainly the support of both Democratic and Republican administrations.

I don't know, but I can tell you it's absolutely possible.

You know, when Joe Kent, whether you like Joe Kent's politics or not, you cannot doubt the man's patriotism.

He's walked the walk.

And if he says that he was forbidden from having his analysts follow investigative leads, you have to ask why.

why do we not know more about the Butler shooter and the circumstances surrounding the Butler shooting?

I grew up 15 miles from Butler.

We never missed a county fair and farm show.

I've been there a thousand times.

That should have been easy to investigate, right?

They're all patriotic people.

It's a red county in a red part of the state.

And then the president of the United States takes a shot to the ear.

So why...

Why were comprehensive, full, complete investigations not carried out?

Why was Joe Kent told that he could not pursue investigative leads in the Charlie Kirk case?

And one other thing about the Charlie Kirk case that I've always been confused about, why is the FBI involved at all?