John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer (Spy) 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.com X: https://x.com/johnkiriakou?lang=en IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/ Deep Focus: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepFocusShowPodcast DeProgram: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow Previous interview with John: Part 1 | https://youtu.be/P1kOwRMd3o8?si=DozbstsbQWTYjO6p Part 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 | Intro 03:31 | What is a CIA Operations Officer (Spy)? 17:56 | Recruiting a terrorist bomb maker 25:13 | How to tell if you’re being followed (SDR) 37:50 | Advanced CIA Technology 43:42 | Palantir 45:36 | John Brennan’s Tuesday Morning Kill List 52:44 | Private Intelligence 01:00:03 | Blackwater assassination program 01:07:54 | John’s work on Bruno with Sacha Baron Cohen 01:20:36 | Jordanian Intelligence Service 01:27:45 | CIA Ground Branch/ Special Activities 01:40:06 | CIA’s Infiltration of Podcasts/ Media Propaganda 01:49:27 | The National Endowment for Democracy 01:56:14 | The Craziest Thing John Ever Saw at the CIA 02:09:43 | MK Ultra & Remote Viewing 02:14:32 | Vault 7 Technology 02:17:25 | Manipulating People Psychologically 02:33:05 | Recruiting an Engineer 02:42:25 | The Mossad 03:00:25 | Mossad Dubai Hit 03:17:55 | CIA GRS 03:19:35 | Yemen 03:24:17 | Meeting Anwar al-Awlaki 03:29:53 | The 3 Saudi Princes Who Were in Abu Zubaydah’s Contacts 03:33:52 | Kidnapping and Torture of CIA Officer Bill Buckley 03:36:39 | Mike Spann 03:38:45 | Dasht-i-Leili Massacre 03:44:13 | John Kerry 03:56:42 | Bizarre Meeting with Joe Biden 04:03:53 | How to be a great story teller and become more articulate 04:15:57 | Outro