This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 8, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official John Kiriakou says: “If they thought this would shut me up, they don’t know me at all because now I’ve devoted my life to fighting them.”
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.
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.
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 21, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official Mr. Kiriakou says that the Iraq War was motivated by the Bush administration wanting to send a message – no regime can defy U.S. power and survive.
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 4, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Former CIA official John Kiriakou described his time as head of counter-terrorism in Pakistan and the lie about the torture of Abu Zubaydah.
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.
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.
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 17, 2015. Mr. Kiriakou tells Paul Jay about being recruited to join the CIA in university.
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 28, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou and Paul Jay continue their discussion about 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.
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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