John Kiriakou
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Two years later, I was in Pakistan and I'm dating a CIA officer.
And in Pakistan, we had this trunk line.
So it was just a normal phone, but it was a 202 area code.
So it's like you're making a local call.
So I think we were like 11 hours ahead of Washington or...
or 10 and a half hours ahead of Washington.
So I would call her every morning when I got to the office because it was already evening the previous day for her.
And one of the guys in my branch, they were all retirees in my branch.
They were all either former chief or deputy chief of Near Eastern operations.
And so one of them heard me say,
OK, I love you.
And I hung up the phone and he said, so are there wedding bells in the future?
And I said, oh, I don't know.
I just got divorced and I really don't want to be a two time loser.
And he says, two time loser.
He says, I've been married four times.
Jim, how many times have you been married?
Jim says five for me.
Bill, how many times have you been married?
He says, I have four.