John Kiriakou

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6,255 appearances 7 recordings 6 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 5 Jun

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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · #661 - John Kiriakou · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

Got it.

So in 1993, Congress passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, the EEOC, which made this illegal.

So –

Now it's very like not sexy.

You just go to www.cia.gov and click apply.

It's different.

It's a little easier.

Back then, it was, you know, all white guys from Ivy League schools for the most part.

And now it's different.

It was exciting.

I bet it was one of the most exciting things.

I used to park my car out in the North 40 and then take like 20 minutes to walk all the way around the compound so I could walk in the main door across the giant seal and see the Wall of Honor and the flags and...

I felt like I wanted to cry, you know?

Well, you know, I came from this very liberal household.

And I remember my mom and dad getting into an argument one time.

It was the Pennsylvania primary of 1976.

And my dad voted for Frank Church, who had created the church committee that completely reorganized the CIA and stripped it of its power to carry out assassinations and things like that.

And my mom voted for Birch Bayh, who was a senator from Indiana.

And my dad said, Birch Bayh?

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