John Kiriakou
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
I was so focused on the job and trying not to get killed.
You know, there was a terrorist group active in Greece at the time called Revolutionary Organization 17 November.
That was the whole reason why I was in Greece at the basis of it.
It was to try to infiltrate this group, to disrupt their attacks, and really to destroy the group from the inside.
They'd killed the CIA station chief, two U.S.
defense attaches, the Turkish ambassador, the deputy ambassador, the minister of finance.
They just killed 28 people.
And so she was a first-generation American.
Her parents were from Greece, and she inherited her grandmother's house on one of the Greek islands.
And so she started going to the island on the weekends and taking the kids.
I thought that was a great idea.
The kids can get to know their cousins.
Well...
Leaving Friday, coming back Sunday, became leaving Thursday, coming back Sunday, then leaving Thursday, coming back Monday.
The kids are missing school.
And then one day I'm shaving, getting ready for work.
And my then six-year-old is sitting on the floor next to me.
And we're talking about his day and what his day is going to look like.
And then he said to me, I told mommy not to kiss Uncle Stelios on the lips.