John Kiriakou

But the agency gave me opportunity after opportunity.

I learned to speak fluent Arabic that went with the fluent Greek that I had.

And yeah, I mean, one day you're sitting in a college class and the next day you're in the Oval Office trying to think of, you know, how not to sound like an idiot when you're speaking to the president.

And yeah, the rest, the rest was history.

Well, at the beginning I was an overt employee, so I wasn't under formal cover, but what that meant for all intents and purposes was that I could tell those closest to me that I was working for the CIA.

And then that was it.

I mean, even my own wife, she knew that I was a CIA officer.

She had no idea what I did.

which caused all kinds of problems later.

And frankly, it led to our divorce.

You come home and she says, how was your day?

You say, great.

What'd you do?

Nothing.

Who'd you talk to?

Nobody.

And then your phone rings at 11 o'clock and you say, the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plane.

And then you leave until six in the morning.

And that's just not conducive to a

To a smooth marriage.