John Kiriakou
Part Of The Problem
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4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Dave Smith brings you the latest in politics! On this episode of Part Of The Problem, Dave is joined by whistleblower and former intelligence officer John Kiriakou to discuss what he learned while working for the CIA, the portrayal of the conflict with Israel and Palestine, lessons from before 9/11 and more.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? Welcome to a brand new episode of Part of the Problem. I've been really |
| 0:12.0 | looking forward to this one. So I'm glad you guys are tuning in. It's going to be a good one. |
| 0:15.5 | You know, I had this experience recently. I was at an event, a libertarian event, and someone said to me, I remember they just |
| 0:23.3 | said the comment offhand, and they were right in spirit, but they were wrong technically. |
| 0:27.9 | So this is good trivia to have. |
| 0:29.1 | They said, you know, the craziest thing is that we, every American knows that we erected |
| 0:34.9 | a torture program and no one ever went to jail for it. |
| 0:38.4 | And I said, that's not true. |
| 0:40.9 | That is not true. |
| 0:42.3 | Someone did go to jail for the torture program that the Bush administration erected. |
| 0:47.8 | And of course, that is our guest. |
| 0:49.4 | The person who went to jail for it, of course, is the person who exposed it to the American |
| 0:53.5 | people. |
| 0:57.0 | And I think this is true for you. |
| 1:01.5 | This is true for Bradley Manning, or I guess later known as Chelsea Manning. |
| 1:03.3 | It's true for Julian Assange. I think one of the things that really has characterized where America is at is that for all |
| 1:10.8 | of the crimes that have been committed, just from the government in the 21st century alone, the people who end up getting punished are the ones who expose the crimes rather than the people who committed them. |
| 1:21.1 | Of course, my guest for today's show is John Kariaku, who is, in my opinion, an American hero, the CIA whistleblower, who exposed the torture |
| 1:31.2 | program during the Bush administration. So, welcome, sir. I'm sorry you have to hold the distinct |
| 1:37.3 | title of being the only person to go to jail for the torture program that was erected in this country. |
| 1:43.7 | Sex. |
| 1:44.0 | Well, you've been a really valuable, a really valuable contributor to this, |
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