12/30/22 John Kiriakou on the CIA, FBI, JFK and 9/11

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Scott talks with John Kiriakou—former CIA officer, whistleblower and author— to discuss revelations, old and new, about the CIA’s connections to Lee Harvey Oswald as well as the agency’s awareness of 9/11 hijackers before the attacks. They also look at the Saudi regime’s connections to the attacks and explore possible motives for the purported ally to help attack the United States. Throughout the interview, Scott and Kiriakou explore the bad blood between the CIA and the FBI. Kiriakou tells some personal stories to illustrate how this rivalry manifested before and after 9/11. Discussed on the show: Kiriakou’s new Substack Kiriakou’s podcast appearance with RFK Jr Why America Slept by Gerald Posner The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright Michael Scheuer doesn't like John O'Neil The Siege (IMDB) John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer and author of The Convenient Terrorist: Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies and Doing Time Like A Spy. He is the host of Loud and Clear on Sputnik Radio. Follow him on Twitter @JohnKiriakou. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
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0:55.8	surveillance detection how to disappear and live off the grid. Lying and
1:01.4	lie detection boy you've really been busy here.
1:04.0	Doing time like a spy how the CIA taught me to survive and thrive in prison.
1:08.0	You know, he went to prison over the torture scandal, not because he tortured people to death, but because he revealed the names of some who had tortured people.
1:18.2	I don't know about the death or not, but, um, so he's the only one who got in trouble for blowing the whistle.
1:23.2	And of course he wrote the insiders guide of the Iran crisis with the great
1:26.3	Gareth Porter and the reluctant spy before that about the war on terrorism.
1:30.7	Oh and the convenient terrorist about the couple of Abu Zabetas.
1:35.2	Right. Very interesting stuff and he's got a brand new sub-stack which is John Kiryaku dot
1:40.6	substack.com. Welcome back to the show, John.
1:43.0	How are you doing?
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