CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” – John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, intelligence whistleblower, journalist, and author.

Expect to learn who’s actually controlling the US government, what John thinks of the new Paramount/Warner Bros. Skydance Merger, why we should be worried about and taking China more seriously, if brainwashing is real in CIA interrogation techniques, the most impressive CIA operations they pulled off, why John plays Angry Birds every morning and much more…

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0:00 Why Should We Believe An Ex-CIA Agent?
0:44 Will John Ever Receive a Presidential Pardon?
3:25 Who Really Controls America?
11:32 Inside the CIA’s Levels of Security
15:26 The CIA’s Most Classified Operations
16:44 Do the CIA Classify Embarrassing Information?
17:54 Could Big Tech Become More Powerful Than the CIA?
20:37 Is the CIA Spying on American Citizens?
25:54 Why We Should Be Worried About China
30:53 How Foreign Spies Infiltrate the US Government
39:50 What Will CIA Whistleblowers Be Leaking in 10 Years?
43:18 Is Mass Surveillance the Price of Safety?
47:51 Is Brainwashing Real?
58:45 The Chicken Farmer Who Brought Down Hitler
01:03:30 Inside Operation Grim Beeper
01:06:03 The Greatest Intelligence Operations Ever
01:11:41 Can America Legally Kidnap Foreign Nationals?
01:17:20 Was 9/11 the Most Complex Intelligence Operation Ever?
01:20:47 The Location and Kidnap of Adolf Eichmann
01:22:37 The Legendary Capture of Carlos the Jackal
01:27:34 Why Working For the CIA Was So Much Fun
01:29:37 How Mass Persuasion Works at Scale
01:36:58 Does Working For the CIA Make You Paranoid?
01:38:19 How to Spot a Liar
01:46:50 How Interrogators Get People to Tell the Truth
01:54:17 Should Torture Ever Be Legal?
01:59:43 The Most Shocking Interrogation Tactics Used By the CIA
02:07:31 What Really Happens at Guantanamo Bay?
02:08:50 Was Uday Hussein One of the Most Evil Men Ever?
02:15:34 Dominance vs Prestige: What Makes a Better Leader?
02:20:16 Is This America’s First Botched Lethal Injection Execution?
02:28:31 Why John is Obsessed With Angry Birds
02:31:09 Is John a Model Now?
02:32:54 What Everyone Gets Wrong About Intelligence Agencies
02:35:41 Where to Find John

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