John Kiriakou: CIA Regime Change from Ukraine to Iran

John Kiriakou is a former high-ranking CIA counterterrorism officer who served as the CIA’s Chief of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan. He was the first U.S. official to publicly confirm the CIA’s torture of detainees. Punished for his whistleblowing, he served nearly two years in federal prison. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: glenndiesen.substack.com X/Twitter: x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesenBuy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: gofund.me/09ea012fBuy Diesen merchandise: diesen-shop.fourthwall.com/en-nok Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL00:00 John Kiriakou on the CIA and the War on Terror01:16 How 9/11 transformed the CIA05:15 How intelligence officers recruit informants08:03 Covert action, propaganda, and regime change11:29 Ukraine, Yanukovych, and Western involvement19:14 Iran, Mossad networks, and the limits of intervention25:03 From Iran-Contra to an increasingly militarized CIA27:02 USAID, civil society, and covert-action funding33:27 The moment Kiriakou rejected torture38:36 CIA relations with Israel and intelligence oversight42:09 The deep state, election narratives, and Russia Gate52:25 What remains hidden and where the CIA is headed