John Kiriakou

But you know what, though?

What did you do?

Well, I was confident that I was right and they were wrong.

And my wife...

Unfortunately, she's now my ex-wife, but she gave me some of the best advice anybody ever gave me.

She said, you have to keep telling your side of the story because eventually they're going to move on to their next victim.

And if you keep talking, your side of the story is going to be the side of record.

And eventually the truth is going to come out.

And sure enough, six weeks before I was released from prison, I called her.

I was allowed to call her every other day for 15 minutes.

So I called her and I said, how was your day?

And she said, it was great.

And I said, really?

Great?

Why was it so great?

And she said, because the Senate torture report was released today and it proved that everything you said was true.

And I said, that is great.

And she said, John McCain stood up on the floor of the Senate and

and said, if it weren't for John Kiriakou, the American people would never have had any idea what the CIA was doing in their name.

And so when I got home, God bless him.