"Sociopathic Tendencies" - CIA Whistleblower REVEALS The Disturbing Mindset Of Agency Operatives

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou breaks down what makes a great undercover agent: sociopathic tendencies, zero recognition, and full trust in the mission. He shares wild recruitment stories, CIA affairs, and a dark shift in agency ethics after 9/11.

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0:00.0	I asked Jonah question right in front of the White House when we did the interview.
0:04.4	This is when she told me about, she was a chief disguise officer of the CIA.
0:07.6	She's a giant, by the way, at the CIA.
0:10.1	She is a giant.
0:10.8	Everybody loves and respects her.
0:12.3	Really?
0:12.7	So she's somebody that's a real deal.
0:15.9	Okay.
0:17.0	Yeah.
0:17.4	Yeah, and she's the one that held a mask in front of President Bush, and, hey, this is not really me.
0:21.6	Look what we have, we have capabilities of building.
0:23.7	I asked her, what did the profile of a great, successful CIA agent?
0:27.4	Okay, and she gave me her criteria.
0:29.7	What would you say?
0:31.6	What makes, because you know what you hear about what types of people they recruit. And you said earlier, you said, I applied to work at CIA and you change you.
0:38.8	You're like, I was recruited, right? Because you get recruited to the CIA. Yeah, my grad school advisor
0:43.3	recruited me. Great. And, but what would you say are the top qualities that help you have a
0:49.2	successful 20, 30 year career at the CIA? Yeah, I could give you four. Especially somebody like you that's going to 70.
0:55.3	Now, not the ones that work at the office.
0:56.9	Right.
0:57.0	The guys on the road is on top of you.
0:58.6	Yeah, the guys in the field.
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