John Kiriakou

And then the head of security, it's just a parade of important people come to welcome you.

So the head of security said, he said a couple of things.

One was funny.

He said, the gravest threat facing America today is the threat of Soviet communism.

And I said to the guy next to me, does this guy not read the papers?

There is no Soviet Union anymore.

Anyway, he went on to say that the Israelis have two declared intelligence officers in the United States, one Mossad and one Shin Bet, so CIA and FBI equivalents.

They're at the Israeli embassy in Washington.

But the FBI has identified 187 additional undeclared Israeli intelligence officers spread out all over America, stealing secrets from defense contractors.

Wow.

So the lesson was don't ever talk about work outside the building.

Don't ever eat at the restaurants in McLean, Virginia, because they're all Russian KGB.

And back then it was the KGB and Israeli Mossad agents eating there to hear what the CIA people are saying.

Wow.

Yeah.

I loved it until I didn't love it.

You know, after 9-11, everybody went nuts and just wanted to kill everyone.

I was getting ready to go to Pakistan.

And so I stopped by the office on my way to the airport just to say goodbye.

Because Kofar said on 9-11, he stood up on his desk.