#250 - CIA Terrorist Spy on Surviving Assassination & Nailing Al-Qaeda's #3 | John Kiriakou

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy who was the agency's chief of counterterrorism in the Middle East prior to being prosecuted by the DOJ. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey GUEST LINKS John's Substack: http://johnkiriakou.substack.com Follow John: https://x.com/JohnKiriakou Kiriakou vs. Bustamante: https://youtu.be/ElMSJDkqSYQ?si=kKWzhflF6aFMiPJG TOMMY G SWIM DOCUMENTARY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dgdVRndfqg&t=850s IG: https://www.instagram.com/tommygmcgee/?hl=en LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - John Relocates as CIA Spy in Greece, Al Qaeda Operations 08:12 - Almost Killed in Athens (17th November), Colleague Assassinated 20:06 - 2nd Time Almost Assassinated, Double Agent Plot & Crazy Story 37:51 - Learning about Al Qaeda & Day of 9/1$ 47:35 - 4 Days After 9/1$ & Tracking Terrorist 50:43 - Paramilitary Mistake of Afghanistan War 57:30 - Jose Rodriguez, Israeli’s & Saudi’s Desire for American Soil Attack 01:11:41 - Congress Waived Federal Regulation 01:19:01 - Working in Pakistan, Pakistani’s CIA Equivalent 01:31:12 - CIA Targeter Assisting in Pakistani Operation, CIA Black Sites 01:40:02 - Hunt for Abu Zubaydah & Getting Him 01:46:53 - Abu Zubaydah Needing Emergency Help 01:57:10 - High Target Value of Abuzabada & Meaning Behind Capture 02:02:57 - Abu Zubaydah Sent to Black Sites & Eventually Guantanamo Bay 02:10:53 - Ali Soufan FBI Interrogator Onto Next High-Level Target 02:20:21 - Breaking the Constitution & Philosophical Belief 02:24:51 - Tom Drake NSA Whistleblower Story 02:33:08 - Reporter Reaches Out to John Kiriakou 02:40:31 - Working with John Kerry & Difficulty, Afghanistan Poppy Fields 02:49:54 - John Kerry is an Ego Maniac, The Obama Lies 02:56:03 - Re-Opening John Kirikou’s Case Again 03:07:35 - Day of John’s Arrest, Coming After Him 03:21:10 - Find John CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian D. Dorey - In-Studio Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 249 - John Kiriakou Music by Artlist.io