John Kiriakou - CIA Spy Recounts Insane Covert Operations and Assassination Attempts | Part 1

Listen to this episode from Dalton Fischer Podcast on Spotify. *TIMESTAMPS IN DESCRIPTION BELOW* John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and later as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program (Torture Program.) In part 1, we cover everything from the process of joining the CIA to manipulating people, breaking into houses, assassination attempts on John's life while deployed overseas, and much more. 00:00 - Introduction 03:36 - Childhood 08:43 - Recruited to CIA 16:57 - Interview and Polygraph 41:47 - Training at The Farm 58:03 - What is a CIA Spy? 1:05:02 - Breaking Into Apartment Story 1:13:24 - Are the Relationships Real or Fake? 1:29:05 - First Case Officer Deployment 1:31:50 - Assassination Attempt #1 1:47:06 - "This is One of Those Incidents That Leads to PTSD" 1:52:35 - Dick Welch Assassination 2:01:56 - Bill and Hillary Clinton 2:07:26 - John's Favorite Agent 2:23:27 - Recruiting an Enemy Agent to Spy for the US 2:32:43 - Double Agent Story 2:50:18 - Part 2 Preview If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a review and tell me what you liked! Thank you for your support and enjoy the show!