Why This Former CIA Agent Thinks the Agency Was Setting Him Up

About this episode

Mehdi Hasan interviews former CIA agent John Kiriakou about his experiences and insights on the agency's actions and conspiracy theories.

In this week's segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by former CIA agent John Kiriakou, who whistleblew on the CIA's secret torture program in 2007. The pair discuss everything from conspiracy theories to foreign governments spying on Donald Trump's cellphone in this special episode of the show. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND MEHDI: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/Zeteo

People in this episode

Host: Mehdi Hasan

Guest: John Kiriakou

Topics covered

• CIA
• whistleblowing
• torture program
• conspiracy theories
• foreign spying
• politics

Keywords

• CIA
• John Kiriakou
• whistleblower
• torture
• conspiracy theories
• Donald Trump
• spying

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Zeteo

Places: Donald Trump

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