#661 - John Kiriakou

About this episode

John Kiriakou discusses his experiences in the CIA and his new book on agency tactics.

John Kiriakou is a former CIA counter-terrorism officer, author and speaker. His new book “The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics and Techniques” is available August 4th. John joins Theo to talk about how he was recruited into the CIA, his decision to speak up about the agency’s torture programs, and why there are more spies in America than we might think. John Kiriakou: https://x.com/JohnKiriakou The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics and Techniques: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Skills-Tactics-Techniques ------------------------------------------------- Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Perplexity AI: Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/theo Morgan and Morgan: Visit https://forthepeople.com/THEO to see if you might have a case. Morgan and Morgan. America's Largest Injury Law Firm. Carshield: Go to http://carshield.com and use code THEO for 20% off. Saily: Download SAILY's app and use code THEO at checkout to get an exclusive 15%…

People in this episode

Host: Theo Von

Guest: John Kiriakou

Topics covered

• CIA
• counter-terrorism
• torture programs
• spying
• book release

Keywords

• CIA
• John Kiriakou
• torture
• spies
• counter-terrorism
• book
• interview

Sponsors

Celsius, Perplexity AI, Morgan and Morgan, Carshield, Saily, Better Help

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Books & works: The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics and Techniques

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