How I became a CIA whistleblower | John Kiriakou | TEDxFoggyBottom
John Kiriakou had a great career as a CIA analyst, until discovering what he considered to be an unethical torture and interrogation program within the organization. How do you hold your employer accountable when they're the highest authority in the country?
John Kiriakou is formerly a CIA officer, senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, telling ABC News that the CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy was approved by then-President George W. Bush. He was the sixth whistleblower indicted by the Obama administration, and served 23 months in prison. Now, Kiriakou is a noted columnist, radio talk show host, and celebrated author. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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This man is a true patriot. We owe him and those like him a lot. 🇺🇸
They screwed him. I wish him so much success. I've been a fan of his since the government started "torturing" him. Whistleblowers are our friends not traitors.
Props to Ted for giving this hero a platform.
I think CIA made a big mistake of recruiting John. In this kind of services you cannot recruit people with good heart and he is a great human being.
@elizabethphillips1382
3 жыл бұрын
Amen, so damn true!!!!
@bigfellaoo7
3 жыл бұрын
Cia is full of assholes.
@elizabethphillips1382
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigfellaoo7 Not all are bad guys, but the good ones eventually get out.
@vickyhioniskolaiti
3 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethphillips1382 Je pimped kids and they disappeared...is that what he said ?
@TH-iv9qf
3 жыл бұрын
@@vickyhioniskolaiti, Do your own research, then please enlighten us.
The “Patriot Act” proves an old adage that my Constitutional Law professor taught us, “Bad times equal bad laws.”
@patroberts9497
3 жыл бұрын
take back our country, elect all new people into congress
To write your congressman is like writing the tooth fairy.
@kenosabi
Жыл бұрын
Sht the tooth fairy used to come through pretty regularly. I dont remember the last time anyone in congress did a single thing of use to anyone but themselves and their puppet masters.
This guy is literally in prison right now (Jan. 18, 2021) because he exposed war crimes & crimes against humanity. How ironic
Torture finally made illegal is the same as speeding is illegal. It’s illegal but you know it’s still going to go on.
@ProductofSeebach
5 жыл бұрын
Rights exist as propaganda to create the illusion of accountability and stagnate revolutionary rhetoric. If a government violates rights on an institutional level, it can either disband or bribe taxpayers with their own money to buy their silence.
@donwheeler1208
4 жыл бұрын
Dennis Teti right! I ran a red light the other night but I didn’t get caught so therefore I didn’t do anything illegal.
@Dhumm81
4 жыл бұрын
Except speeders are constantly pursued and frequently fined, imprisoned, or executed on-site. State-sanctioned torturers only at risk if they have loose lips or acquire a conscience.
@DennisTeti
4 жыл бұрын
@@donwheeler1208 if no one sees it, did it even happen? I think you may even have imagined it yourself.
@lysafisk7123
4 жыл бұрын
TPB are pretty selective about which laws they enforce & which violators of said laws they'll prosecute.
Few of us have John Kiriakou's integrity when your're responsible for your family and dependent on a job you love.
@wlupusborealis
5 жыл бұрын
The fact that he 'loved' that job makes me dubious about this man. He was not doing good work, as he seems to think, and he ought to be apologising instead of going on about his great career. He should be ashamed, mourn. He continues to be silent about too many things he did, knows and has seen.
I have the pleasure on meeting Mr. Kiriakou at the Barnes and Nobles bookstore in Lynnwood, WA in 2017. I took a picture with him and he signed my copy of his book The Convenient Terrorist. A decent gentleman.
@misskai8158
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan, so amazing you got to meet him!!! I have so much love and respect for his work.
We need to share this video and I’m doing it as a moral obligation! This corrupt government must be stopped. Thank you Mr. Kiriacou 👏👏👏
How in God's name is this man still alive? Amazing stuff!
@likeatree7825
4 жыл бұрын
right?
@cole5411
3 жыл бұрын
Because we aren't Russia
@fabiojr8082
2 жыл бұрын
@@cole5411 Gary Webb do not agree with you
@gangstalking2904
2 жыл бұрын
When we said truth god protect
@truettadevil
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. He's clearly recruiting youths to join the CIA. Did you not watch the video?
This man is an actual hero. I appreciate his sacrifice.
Thank you John!
This man is a hero
God bless John Kiriakou.
Fianlly hes on Ted !
this guy is a legend
@Me-xd7bd
4 жыл бұрын
How can you say that? He's trained to lie and most likely if he is still alive like this, he really isn't a real whistleblower. You know how many crimes this guy committed in his time with CIA? This dude deserves no praise
@subscribefornoreason7390
4 жыл бұрын
@@Me-xd7bd You are right. Also this could be to distract from real problems.
@MrToontuber
4 жыл бұрын
If you think you can do as he sugests you are naive. They have within a blink of an eye. Start covering youre smartphone tablet etc. CAMERA. He's probably a honeypot.
I hope he lives a long happy life.
Definitely a lot happens behind our backs😨
Needs way more views....
@MorpheusArtStudio4Blues
12 күн бұрын
👍 Let’s share it 👍
I admire whistleblowers who are trying to educate the public on what is the truth about the U.S. government and not justify their actions.
@leemiddleton6196
10 күн бұрын
Treason
Always have loved how he speaks. And he's true to his story. I hope he gets pardoned.
@IanoNjuguna
11 ай бұрын
One of the best storytellers you'll ever listen to.
Thank you!
Thank you John Long live humanity Long live America Long live India
Some people really watch this and actually believe that torture isn't practiced now in the US.
Morality is for citizens not for government.
@hamptonfillingame5347
5 жыл бұрын
Citizens lower than Gov and Mil 100%%%%
@ 8.30 "Torture is illegal in this country" So now the SAME people torture in International waters or somewhere outside the US. Problem solved. Business as usual.
@weareallbornmad410
5 жыл бұрын
That's probably true. However, are there any sources that you can point me to? Or are we just speculating?
@claytonzielinski1
4 жыл бұрын
Thats why the cia has toture planes
@Conbom3
3 жыл бұрын
@@weareallbornmad410 have you ever seen the images of “torture flights”, this is why it is said that no torture has occurred on us “soil”
great talk
This is great, but he's oversimplifying for sake of not going down rabbitholes and getting in trouble all over again. He mentioned 'enhanced interrogation' (separate from waterboarding), which has dozens of components, then drops that like a hot potato. Enhanced interrogation escaped legal scrutiny and definition. It's still going on. It's not just torture, it's _worse_ than torture, and scars for life. I commend Kirikou for his courage, but he didn't go far enough (perhaps because he's human and has a family). U.S. detention camps and military prisons are still open - and they are not treating people humanely in the slightest. The measures still being used are: sleep deprivation, empty and real verbal threats, isolation, sensory deprivation, cold, some forced position torture, disorientation about cause of pain (prisoner is told he is causing his own pain), playing with randomness and time (so that it feels that the torture is infinite and timeless) and with indefinite detention (you are there forever, and this psychologically destroys the prisoner so that most of them stop eating). All these things are worse than a few waterboarding sessions, because the torture never ends, and mentally scars both perpetrators and victims for life. So, in fact, very little has been fixed, and many western states are morally cowardly and retrograde, the consequences of which are destroying the society from within.
@weareallbornmad410
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling us. Can you give us some additional resources to learn about the whole situation?
@jossdionne9810
4 жыл бұрын
USA possessed and...Repossessed!
@DanNguyen-xd6wg
4 жыл бұрын
You should search KZread for videos of him being interviewed by VICE where he talked about some of those interrogation techniques you are talking about. It’s definitely an eye opening for me.
@CrookDanny
3 жыл бұрын
Read his book!
Great speaker!
Thank you John for exposing CIA's war crimes....
Respect to John Kiriakou.
I love your heroic stance on life
@susangreer8070
3 жыл бұрын
We Sould give them a hippy stance
The moment he said" the FBI couldnt find anything, i didnt commit a crime", i thought: yeah, but your fellow C.I.A agents will not be so forgiving...you called them out as torturerers, he was the only one of 14 who said no. The program went on, and he blows the whistle, afcourse they gonna see him as a traitor in their eyes. Though he has the ethical element of it on his side, and by making this known, he created an invisible barrier for the U.S. to slide even further down, because what did we used to say again in the western world ? We would never resort to torture ever again ? Well we did, and we promosed we would never sink so low again. Nonetheless they (the admin) signed it. In other words we did a step back as humanity
The effect of a reaction to an acceptance is greatly related to ones 'position' in the 'concerned' issue.
RIGHT IS MIGHTY MIGHT without REMORSE.
This guy should know Kevin Shipp.
"Torture is finally illegal in this country...". Naive. Torture continues.
@macdermesser
4 жыл бұрын
And truth is not told. Nearly all we see and hear is deception or distraction.
@jacyl21222
4 жыл бұрын
@@macdermesser "Beware lest you be deceived". This is the age of deception
@lokisingularity3394
4 жыл бұрын
More than you know. Look into targeted individuals.
@boldlysettingcaptivesfree7539
4 жыл бұрын
Joseph, I know torture is legal in the U.S.A. - Abortion is legal!
@Rob0917
4 жыл бұрын
Not only torture, but also "suicides"...
Covert torture is being perpetrated today. Look into targeted individuals and electronic torture and harrassment.
@stephanielove4469
3 жыл бұрын
Question is why
@Ben-db5re
3 жыл бұрын
@@stephanielove4469 control
He still alive? WOW
Not only targeted, but tortured 24/7 now and sick with myeloma kappa light chain plasma cancer. HELP
It would of be nice if you explained the torture methods. You only mentioned water boarding.
A true courageous man you are . We don't confirm to the societies norm but we stand for morals and trutg. We're not rebel by choice. We're the light bringer
A laugh in the last seconds, as they show something SO FEARSOME! Yet, it is the only thing to fear.
You our national Hero. Who was the director of FBI that time name the criminal agent.
Counter terrorism is where the CIA fights against itself basically and the groups they have previously armed trained and used till they were done with them.
@judddavis3548
4 жыл бұрын
Hello Afghanistan
He probably is the nicest 1 to come out of the CIA! I've been using the same line against these people You have to cooperate with me!
If the future offers us a new chances to prove our humanity we should seriously overthink our own ability to accept when we have to admid that there are times to loose. so there shall be times to win again. The treatment you had to accept innocently must have been the challange of your live. I want to give you all my best wishes to have a future which offers opportunities which suits your ideals you were standing for.
What can we do? Nothing.
The first thing a company man learns is how to lie convincingly if you think for a moment torture has gone away because of a legality issue your sadly mistaken, while it does not always garner actionable intelligence it does wonders for destroying morale of the enemy regardless of who is doing the torturing
@boldlysettingcaptivesfree7539
4 жыл бұрын
*Joe, I know torture is legal in the U.S.A. - Abortion is legal!*
I'm here from JRE. is this the guy???
Lately Kiriakou has been doing damage control for Assad and Putin on Sputnik
The good guys get out . It's been that for every industry or trade .
For a channel with 25M subscribers... how does this have only 50k views? Interesting...
1 outta 14 said no. Maybe you were the wrong one then ?
here is the backstory, he now is the co-host of a radio show with Lee Stranahan on radio Sputnik
@ThunderRoad8888
2 жыл бұрын
I watched his Ted Talk and was impressed, but a quick google search shows him to be working for Russian propaganda now. Not good...
join the CIA? 😂😂😂 they locked you up and tried to kill you wtf
its shameful that a video with some kid smashing a toy figure will get 7million views but this HARD CORE thruth about what is happening here only gets `15k views. Raise your kids better. Your raising a bunch of zombies that totally ignore the worlds problems and watch cat vidoes all day.
@bigfellaoo7
3 жыл бұрын
I watch both.
Dear Mr. Kiriakos, in order to solve the "mystery" of 17 November Organisation please search in your former company.
I'd still like to know why you guys brought down Salvador Allende and helped Pinochet
👏🏼👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽
When did Comedy Central start hosting ted talks?
Wat a guy!
serious and well composed man, interesting story full of holes though, so many blind spots it is difficult to say where truth stops and politics begin
Is he from Sydney, Australia jhon if you are I've been to school with some your relative
John you are a hero...in morals and everything else
“I will not speak to you in god language’ respect.
Torture continues
Loud n clear show, radio, Russian sputnik Great
Join the cia. That’s the answer? Close down the cia is the answer.
@stolasgoetia93
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! The real rulers who run the CIA will never allow it to be changed for the better.
I went to school with a guy with the same name in marrickville frontcourt. He looks like him he was card of his own shadow I hope it's not him but his Greek cushion was a good soccer player so maybe he moved to Newcastle never know
US has gone down a dark road.
love and respect from Pakistan
9:35 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did you say 'vote'..?
i will not speak to you in god's language: you are the enemy
9:35 is the solution!!!!
Sony like flying or overseas I just not trust
Always end with a gag, John. "Join the CIA and change it" Also, why don't you walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him he talks funny?
Alberta's!!! Xxxxxxxxxxx guessed ahhhhhh look a like exactly .
The rationale for allowing Waterboarding according to the CIA in 2002 was : 9/11 was a terrorist aggression on U.S. soil that called for extreme measures ( i.e. waterboarding ) in order to gather the necessary intelligence to fight the war on terrorism more effectively thus preventing future terrorist attacks and loss of life .
5:24 People actually laughed at this sad
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It’s a matter of values…ends or means…the CIA likes ends first people
Asian girl! ??? Together ! Imposter syndrome sound familiar. 2019 2021
All you had to do was ask Israel and the US government what happened 9/11.
this guy deserves respect! should george bush be put in jail for lying? 😀 yes it gets hot when you watch these videos!
I like the way he thinks! Join the CIA and change it from the inside! If I could do that I know I would for sure!
Wait you are cia and can not tell 3 teams are on your tail? Were you not through the training at the farm?
Le vote, l'entrisme : sûrement un excellent officier traitant, mais un "croyant démocratique" risible. Son parcours contredit ses propos
His funny
Why they do it to us. Why we can't do the same thing, think it's only right to torture them it's not right, it's mainly war anything everything is allowed in sorry it's not right are men died like that overseas
Some how get weapon off there shoe, arm but that's there work practices it's not my idea of weapon I only own one gun that's it thank u
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Ha ha ha this is the third bonified different story ive heard from authoeities😅
SomeOne in Calgary ! With--- asian girl ! Look a like little bit younger * John kuriousku
@Shah-iu1bx
2 жыл бұрын
I am in Calgary lol
Trader
"Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" lol the resourceful use of words to mean "Torture"...and this is done all the time to confuse masses. You hear the words but you have no idea what they mean.
Good man! At least he got only 30 months, instead of35 years hanging over the head of Assange and Snowden.Snowden was also afraid they would off him.