John Kiriakou

Why I Was Targeted by the CIA – John Kiriakou on RAI (pt 9/10)

Why I Was Targeted by the CIA – John Kiriakou on RAI (pt 9/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 6, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou explains how the CIA opened a criminal file on him when he was the first CIA official to publicly acknowledge torture was a policy; they stepped up their effort to charge him when he began investigating possible CIA complicity in war crimes in Afghanistan.

Why Didn’t Bush/Cheney Prevent 9:11? – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 5/10)

Why Didn’t Bush/Cheney Prevent 9:11? – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 5/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 23, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou and Paul Jay discuss the role of the White House in ignoring the CIA’s warning that “something terrible” was coming.

My Reports on 1995 Human Rights Abuses Were Ignored by State Department- Kiriakou on RAI (pt 3/10)

My Reports on 1995 Human Rights Abuses Were Ignored by State Department- Kiriakou on RAI (pt 3/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 19, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou tells Paul Jay that from Iraq to Bahrain, it was becoming clear to him that commercial interest, particularly arms sales, was driving U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Iraq War a War Crime – Pushed by Cheney Over Objections of Joint Chiefs – Kiriakou on RAI (pt 7/10)

Iraq War a War Crime – Pushed by Cheney Over Objections of Joint Chiefs – Kiriakou on RAI (pt 7/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 30, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official Mr. Kiriakou says that VP Cheney chaired a morning phone call where the Joint Chiefs and CIA openly argued against the invasion of Iraq – a decision made in the summer of 2002.

I Believed America Could Do No Wrong – John Kiriakou, Former CIA Official, on RAI (pt 1/10)

I Believed America Could Do No Wrong – John Kiriakou, Former CIA Official, on RAI (pt 1/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 16, 2015. Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was an official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest.

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