John Kiriakou

And sure enough, we stumble on a poppy farmer.

And I asked him a very naive question.

I said, instead of poppy, why don't you grow things that have two growing seasons, like tomatoes or onions or pomegranates?

And he goes like this, ugh.

The Americans told me in 2001 that if I told them where the Arabs were, I could grow all the poppy I wanted.

I said, what Americans told you you could grow poppy?

And just as I said the question, my military handler pulls me by the arm and he says, we're under threat.

We have to go back to the base.

I never got an answer.

We got back into the Jeep and they took me back to the helicopter I flew back to Bagram.

Actually.

Actually, like out of a movie.

So I come back to Washington.

And I said to the chief investigator, I said, I'm onto something here.

This is not good.

So I wrote it all up just as I collected it.

Well, I had a friend at DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration.

And I called him.

I said, listen, I'm going to send you a paper, eyes only.

I just want your thoughts on it before I send it to John Kerry.