#2392 - John Kiriakou

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John Kiriakou

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John Kiriakou is a former CIA counter-terrorism officer and the first U.S. official to confirm the agency's torture of detainees. Punished for being a whistleblower, he served nearly 2 years in a federal prison. www.johnkiriakou.com

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0:08From Athens counterterrorism to post‑9/11 CIA captures and the start of “enhanced interrogation”

9:57CIA enhanced interrogation: escalation from slaps to waterboarding and the lethal “cold cell”

19:57CIA enhanced interrogation: sleep deprivation deaths, Abu Zubaydah case, and why torture persisted

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