CIA Spy

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:01:00 +0000

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The CIA Officer Who Exposed the US Torture Programme

In this week’s Minutes With episode, we sat down with former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who was involved in high-level operations following 9/11, including the capture of senior figures from Al Qaeda. But when he declined to participate in what the CIA called “enhanced interrogation,” he made the life-changing decision to speak out, and was imprisoned for doing so.

John shares what it takes to recruit spies, what life was like inside the CIA during one of the most intense periods in modern history, and how going public with what he knew came at a serious personal cost.

Thank you to John Kiriakou for taking part in this episode, you can find out more about the work he does at www.johnkiriakou.substack.com and www.johnkiriakou.com