John Kiriakou: real CIA Whistleblower gives his take on fake "Whistleblower"

John Kiriakou is a former CIA analyst and case officer. He co-hosts "Loud and Clear" on Sputnik Radio. He worked for the CIA from 1990 to 2004, including as chief of counter-terrorist operations in Pakistan. In an interview in 2009, he became the first former government official to confirm the use of waterboarding against al-Qaida suspects. From 2009 to 2011, John was a senior investigator for the US Senate foreign relations committee. In 2012, he was charged with confirming the name of a CIA officer to a reporter and served two years in prison.

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Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror, The Convenient Terrorist: Abu Zubaydah and the Weird Wonderland of America's Secret WarsDoing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison.