John Kiriakou
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Former CIA officer and whistleblower on CIA torture
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John Kiriakou
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John Kiriakou is an American former CIA officer, author, and whistleblower. He worked as an analyst and operations officer in the CIA Counterterrorism Center, later serving as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigator. In 2007, he publicly confirmed the CIA's use of waterboarding at black sites. In 2012, he was indicted for disclosing CIA officer identities to reporters and received a 30-month prison sentence after pleading guilty.
- CIA service
- Joined the CIA in 1990 as an analyst
- Public disclosure
- Confirmed CIA waterboarding in 2007
- Prison sentence
- 30 months after pleading guilty
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- John Kiriakou (English Wikipedia)
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