John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.John’s Links:Substack: https://johnkiriakou.substack.comX: https://x.com/johnkiriakou?lang=enIG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/Deep Focus: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepFocuswithJohnKiriakouDeProgram: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShowPrevious interview with John:Part 1 | https://youtu.be/P1kOwRMd3o8?si=DozbstsbQWTYjO6pPart 2 | https://youtu.be/ynMg7-QfL10?si=4h-yt_wZuWyFRtNk Show Sponsor:Find your forever cookware at Hexclad and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/DALTON !00:00 | Intro03:31 | What is a CIA Operations Officer (Spy)?17:56 | Recruiting a terrorist bomb maker25:13 | How to tell if you’re being followed (SDR)37:50 | Advanced CIA Technology 43:42 | Palantir45:36 | John Brennan’s Tuesday Morning Kill List52:44 | Private Intelligence 01:00:03 | Blackwater assassination program01:07:54 | John’s work on Bruno with Sacha Baron Cohen01:20:36 | Jordanian Intelligence Service01:27:45 | CIA Ground Branch/ Special Activities01:40:06 | CIA’s Infiltration of Podcasts/ Media Propaganda01:49:27 | The National Endowment for Democracy01:56:14 | The Craziest Thing John Ever Saw at the CIA02:09:43 | MK Ultra & Remote Viewing02:14:32 | Vault 7 Technology02:17:25 | Manipulating People Psychologically02:33:05 | Recruiting an Engineer 02:42:25 | The Mossad03:00:25 | Mossad Dubai Hit03:17:55 | CIA GRS03:19:35 | Yemen03:24:17 | Meeting Anwar al-Awlaki03:29:53 | The 3 Saudi Princes Who Were in Abu Zubaydah’s Contacts03:33:52 | Kidnapping and Torture of CIA Officer Bill Buckley03:36:39 | Mike Spann 03:38:45 | Dasht-i-Leili Massacre03:44:13 | John Kerry 03:56:42 | Bizarre Meeting with Joe Biden04:03:53 | John on how to be a great story teller and become more articulate 04:15:57 | Outro

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