of the cases so far that have completely dropped all espionage act charges or thomas drake and john kiriakou the espionage charges have completely gone away they've been used rather as a hammer to force people like john into a plea bargain now john of a these are very serious accusations brought against you know who yes. did you ever feel like you were putting anyone's life in danger oh no certainly not certainly not if if i had any inkling that there was a danger to anyone i would have never said anything about anybody but no this reporter was looking for someone to interview for a book former cia officers refer one another to journalists all the time for the purpose of books or interviews or documentaries and and the justice department used to to prosecute me and you were the first person to publicly disclose the use of torture that that this actually went on and you call that this practice of waterboarding and you called it torture this was revealed in an interview with a.b.c. back in two thousand and seven i believe we have that clip there. as time has passed and has as september elevent

john kiriakou with me today a former cia official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices after nine eleven john kiriakou served as the chief of counterterrorist operations in pakistan mistaken are always reportedly praise at the agency for his will in the capture of abu zubaydah who back in two thousand and two was thought to be third in command and now years later john kerry is heading to prison he was just sentenced to. two and a half years in jail mr getting out with thank you so much for coming thanks for having me i really appreciate it i know that time is of much value to you and your family now before you. find yourself behind bars. you were convicted of revealing the identity of an agent or freelance reporter who by the way never even published it you said you were greenwich sharing the name of the agent of the officer and your policy for it but you also said it was not why the government went after you why do you think the government went after you i have i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture when

john kiriakou was also against an abbey martin's breaking the scent here on our t.v. where he told of the different torture techniques used by the cia also more in his case the implications in an in-depth interview you can watch next hour. do you think that the the real people who oversaw codified torture john you alberto gonzales donald rumsfeld should they be the ones sitting in prison they should be the ones and there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy where the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. thousands of people are marching in demonstrations of close egypt against the rule the president mohamed morsi the main rallies are taking place in tahrir square in cairo in the town of port saeed near the suez canal for more details let's now cross live to belle truth who joins us live from cairo bel what is the current state of the protests are

but john kiriakou was also a guest on abbe martin's breaking the set here on our t.v. where he told the different of different torture techniques used by the cia also more in his case in the implications in the in-depth interview at sixteen thirty g.m.t. . do you think that the real people who oversaw codified torture john you alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison they should be the ones in there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy where the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed the legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. france's president francois won't is planning a trip to mali to survey what's being held as a successful military intervention against islamist and the french acknowledged however that the operation is entering a tricky phase which is likely to involve guerrilla tactics from extremist observers say the three week long fightin

john kiriakou was also a guest on a.b. monitor that breaking news that he on our team where he told the different torture techniques used by the cia also mall and his caves and the implications that in the in-depth interview right after the show. you know i can kind of sort of understand the mindset of an evil dictator i have trouble understanding what is going on or maybe not going on in the minds of the terrified cogs who believe all the propaganda give up all their rights for the illusion of safety to coach jerry seinfeld who are these people well maybe some of them maybe working at your local school bring to a director of the pennsylvania school suspended a kindergartner note kindergartner as a terrorist threat because she threatened to shoot another student with a gun that shoots soap bubbles i guess this was all a mix up because the girl she wanted to shoot didn't understand that it was in reference to bubbles and not bullets children in kindergarten can often misunderstand things but the administration of the school

states has become torture executive executions and a taste for covering it all up cia whistleblower john kiriakou tells r.t. why he turned against the agency. in a rocket carrying communications equipment ditches minutes after takeoff in a rail failure for russian u.s. satellite called operation. it's five pm in moscow three pm in ankara where we begin with breaking news this hour at least three people have been killed in an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital one of the dead is a suicide bomber who detonated an explosive device as he was trying to enter the building more details now from marty's correspondent paula sli or joins us live paula what is happening what is the latest out of the turkish capital. well the latest information we have comes from turkish police who say that three people have been killed today including the suicide bomber a security guard as well as a turkish citizen who was a member of the staff at the american embassy now according to eyewitnesses there was this massive bang and there are also plumes of smoke that have been erupting outside of the ame

torture executive executions and a taste for covering it all up cia whistle blower john kiriakou tells r t why he turned against the gauge and see. as france declares victory in its three week long campaign against islamist in mali chilling accounts emerge of the human cost of the intervention. you're watching our live from moscow and we start with breaking news this hour at least two people have reportedly been killed after an explosion struck the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital of ankara and the attack was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber more details now from our correspondent paula sleep here she's the head of our middle east bureau paula bring us up to date what are we hearing about this talk i'm seeing lots of conflicting reports on social networks. well the attack only just happened so the details at this stage of very sketchy what i can tell you is that an explosion has taken place outside the american city in the capital turkish city now we understand that several people have been wounded ambulances as well as emergency services are on the way to the scene some o

states has become torture executive executions and a taste for covering it all up cia whistleblower john kiriakou tells r t why he turned against the agency. when a rocket carrying communications equipment ditches minutes after takeoff in a real failure for russian u.s. satellite collaboration. it's five pm in moscow three pm in ankara where we begin with breaking news this hour at least three people have been killed in an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital one of the dead is a suicide bomber who detonated an explosive device as he was trying to enter the building more details now from marty's correspondent paula slayer joins us live paula what is happening what is the latest out of the turkish capital. well the latest information we have comes from turkish police who say that three people have been killed today including the suicide bomber a security guard as well as a turkish citizen who was a member of the staff at the american embassy now according to eyewitnesses there was this massive bang and there are also prunes of smoke that have been erupting outside of the ameri

but john kiriakou was also a guest on abbe martin's breaking the set here on our t.v. where he told the different of different torture techniques used by the cia also more in his case and the implications in the in-depth interview at sixteen thirty g.m.t. . do you think that the real people who oversaw codified torture john you alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison they should be the ones in there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy where the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. france's president francois hollande is planning a trip to mali to survey what's being held as a successful military intervention against islamist and the french acknowledged however that the operation is entering a tricky phase which is likely to involve guerrilla tactics from extremist observers say the three week long fightin

one last hurrah for a cia whistle blower john kiriakou soon to be in prison for leaking government information kiriakou friends and supporters honored his commitment to telling the truth and speak about the future of whistleblowers in the u.s. coming up we'll share what happened at the somber celebration to the street you hold your money. she may be homeless but she's taking her fight straight to the bank and she's not alone four years after the too big to fail bank bailouts these protesters want you to know what the bank of america is up to. and in an ironic twist the white house is welcoming tech savvy americans in its first ever hackathon this as political activist and hacker jeremy hammond fights his case against the government from behind bars. it's friday february twenty second four pm in washington d.c. how to make a lopez and you're watching our take. as regular r t if you were is no cia whistle blower john kiriakou was sentenced to thirty months in prison for leaking information about want to boarding and systematic cia torture to the media hora last night he couldn't have been furthe

john kiriakou was also a guest on a breaking news that he on our team where he told the different torturetechniques used by the cia also mall and his caves and the implications in the in-depth interview right after sharpening. you know i can kind of sort of understand the mindset of an evil dictator i have trouble understanding what is going on or maybe not going on in the minds of the terrified cogs who believe all the propaganda give up all their rights for the illusion of safety to coach jerry seinfeld who are these people well maybe some of them may be working at your local school braindead bureaucracy zombies at a pennsylvania school suspended a kindergartner note kindergartner as a terrorist threat because she threatened to shoot another student with a gun that shoots soap bubbles i guess this was all a mix up because the girl she wanted to shoot didn't understand that it was in reference to bubbles and not bullets children in kindergarten can often misunderstand things but the administration of the school seems to be no smarter than six year olds immediately going into total panic

torture executive executions and a taste for covering it all up cia whistleblower john kiriakou tells r t why he turned against the gauge and see. as france declares victory in its three week long campaign against islamists in mali chilling accounts emerge of the human cost of the intervention. you're watching our live from moscow and we start with breaking news this hour at least two people have reportedly been killed after an explosion struck the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital of ankara and the attack was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber more details now from our correspondent paula sleep here she's the head of our middle east bureau paula bring us up to date what are we hearing about this attack i'm seeing lots of conflicting reports on social networks. well the attack only just happened so the details at this stage of very sketchy what i can tell you is that an explosion has taken place outside the american city in the capital turkish city of and who are now we understand that several people have been wounded ambulances as well as emergency services are on their way

for john kiriakou was also against an abbey martin's breaking the scent here on our t.v. where he told of the different torture techniques used by the cia also more in his case the implications in an in-depth interview you can watch next hour do you think that the the real people who oversaw codified torture john you alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison john think they should be the ones and there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy were the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. thousands of people are marching in demonstrations across egypt against the rule the president mohamed morsi the main rallies are taking place in tahrir square in cairo in the town of port saïd near the suez canal for more details let's not cross live to bell true who joins us live from cairo bell what is the current state of the p

turned whistle blower sentenced to two and a half years behind bars waiting to start his jail time john kiriakou was the first official to publicly confirm the agency's use of waterboarding and condemned as torture so he was convicted for revealing a covert officers identity to journalists although in one of his final interviews before being locked away he told r.t. his crime was simply speaking out against the government. first of all my case was not about leaking my case was about torture when i blew the whistle on torture in december of two thousand and seven the justice to department here in the united states began investigating me and never stopped investigating me until they were able to patch together. charge and force me into taking a plea agreement and i'll add another thing to when i took the plea in october of last year the judge said that she thought the plea was was fair and appropriate but once the courtroom was packed full of reporters last friday she decided that it was not long enough and if she had had the ability to she would have given me ten years in this post nine eleven at

whistle blower sentenced to turn the whole thing is behind bars awaiting to start his jail time john kiriakou was the first official to publicly confront the agency's use of waterboarding and condemn it as torture however he also becomes the first official to go to prison over the torture program so under a plea bargain deal it was convicted for revealing a covert officers identity and talking to r.c. his says he's his true crime is speaking out against the government. first of all my case was not about leaking my case was about torture when i blew the whistle on torture in december of two thousand and seven the justice to department here in the united states began investigating me and never stopped investigating me until they were able to patch together. charge and force me into taking a plea agreement and i'll add another thing to when i took the plea in october of last year the judge said that she thought the plea was was fair and appropriate but once the courtroom was packed full of reporters last friday she decided that it was not long enough and if she had had the ability to she would h

referring a former cia analyst and senior investigator for the senate foreign relations committee john kiriakou and while he isn't the only whistleblower charged out of this administration his story is particularly unique if he actually left his position at the cia in two thousand and four three years later when waterboarding was becoming a point of contention he was put to the media circuit as a commentator and eventually to disclose the name of the covert cia officer to a freelance reporter simply wanted to help the journalist find a good source a little did he know that's the formation would cost him his career just last week he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison as part of a plea deal and he now stands as the first cia officer to be convicted under the espionage. act an extremely archaic piece of world war one legislation now because of the legal proceedings caracal has been silent and unable to speak to the media not even more in fact he's here right now to talk to me about his personal case torture and the crusade against whistleblowers in this country john thank you so much

and john kiriakou was was a guest on abbey moss is breaking the said he on else he said don't miss the extensive interview details of the case and its implications later today do you think that the the real people who oversaw codified torture john yoo alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison john think they should be the ones and there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy were the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. france is having its military mission against is going to troubles in mali as a success but this three week long intervention has also created more havoc in the conflict all country cheating stories are emerging as local reporter. told r.t. . that out what if that's but the war became a real nightmare for the people of this small city in the segura region it was one of the first places bombed by french warplane

and john kiriakou was also a guest on our the militants breaking the said he own r.c. so don't means they extensive interview has of the case and its implications later today. do you think that the the real people who oversaw codified torture john you are bergen's dollars donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison they should be the ones in there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy were the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. us president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate has the right man for the job. for his previous statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies if his kind of don't say is approved and also he's going to check out listen to the session which brought some heated discu

referring to former cia analyst and senior investigator for the senate foreign relations committee john kiriakou and while he isn't the only whistleblower charged out of this administration his story is particularly unique if he actually left his position at the cia in two thousand and four three years later when waterboarding was becoming a point of contention he was put to the media circuit as a commentator eventually to disclose the name of the covert cia officer to a freelance reporter simply wanted to help the journalist find a good source a little did he know that's the formation would cost him his career just last week he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison as part of a plea deal and he now stands as the first cia officer to be convicted under the espionage act and extremely archaic piece of world war one legislation now because of the legal proceedings caracal has been silent and unable to speak to the media not even more in fact he's here right now to talk to me about his personal case torture and the crusade against whistleblowers in this country john thank you so much for

john kiriakou was was a guest on at the mosque is breaking the said he one else he said don't miss the extensive interview details of the case and its implications later today. do you think that they're the real people who oversaw codified torture john yoo alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison john think they should be the ones and there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy or the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. france is holding its military mission against is going to troubles in mali as a success but this three week long intervention has also created more havoc in the conflict all country some cheating stories are emerging as local reporter. told r.t. . gross that out what that says but the war became a real nightmare for the people of this small city in the sago region and it was one of the first places bombed b

every few months and there is no public outrage i think this is a very dangerous development and john kiriakou was also a guest on other nonces breaking the set his own r.c. so don't means the extensive into he has of the case and its implications later today. do you think that the the real people who oversaw codified torture john yoo alberto gonzales and donald rumsfeld shouldn't they be the ones sitting in prison they should be the ones and there are others even if you just put aside the people who actually did the day to day torture what about the people who conceived of the policy and who implemented the policy where the attorneys that papered over it with with crazed legal analysis or the man who who destroyed evidence of the torture in the tapes. u.s. president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate has the right man for the job. for his previous statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies if his candidacy is approved and also he's going to listen

john kiriakou with me today former cia official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices after nine eleven john kiriakou served as the chief of counterterrorist operations in pakistan mistaken are always reportedly praised at the agency for his will in the capture of abu zubaydah who back in two thousand and two was thought to be third in command and now years later john kerry is heading to prison he was just sentenced to. two and a half years in jail mr getting out with thank you so much for coming thanks for having me i really appreciate it i know that time is of much value to you and your family now before you. find yourself behind bars. you were convicted of revealing the identity of an agent or freelance reporter who by the way never even published it you said you regret it shape sharing the name of the agent of the officer and your policy for it but you also said it was not why the government went after you why do you think the government went after you i have i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture wh

referring to former cia analyst and senior investigator for the senate foreign relations committee john kiriakou and while he isn't the only whistleblower charged out of this administration his story is particularly unique is that he actually left his position at the cia in two thousand and four three years later when waterboarding was becoming a point of contention he was put to the media circuit as a commentator eventually to disclose the name of the covert cia officer to a freelance reporter simply wanting to help the journalist find a good source a little do you know that's the formation would cost him his career just last week he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison as part of a plea deal and he now stands as the first cia officer to be convicted under the espionage act an extremely archaic piece of world war one legislation now because of the legal proceedings caracal has been silent and unable to speak to the media not even more in fact he's here right now to talk to me about his personal case torture and the crusade against whistleblowers in this country john thank you so much

john kiriakou with me today former cia official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices after nine eleven john kiriakou served as the chief of counterterrorist operations in pakistan mystically are always reportedly praised at the agency for his will in the capture of abu zubaydah who back in two thousand and two was thought to be third in command and now years later john kerry is heading to prison he was just sentenced to. two and a half years in jail mr getting out with thank you so much for coming thanks for having me i really appreciate it i know that time is of much value to you and your family now before you. find yourself behind bars. you were convicted of revealing the identity of an agent to a freelance reporter who by the way never even published it you said you were greenwich sharing the name of the agent of the officer and your policy for it but you also said it was not why the government went after you why do you think the government went after you i have i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture

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torture program is now waiting to stop a two and a half year jail sentence but decorated cia veteran john kiriakou didn't interrogate anyone rather his crime was to tell the world about washington's then secret program one of his final and defused before being locked away he told us here at odds he exactly what he thinks why he's being punished. first of all my case was not about leaking my case was about torture when i blew the whistle on torture in december of two thousand and seven the justice to department here in the united states began investigating me and never stopped investigating me until they were able to patch together. charge and force me into taking a plea agreement and i'll add another thing to when i took the plea in october of last year the judge said that she thought the plea was was fair and appropriate but once the courtroom was packed full of reporters last friday she decided that it was not long enough and if she had had the ability to she would have given me ten years in this post nine eleven atmosphere that we find ourselves in we have been losing our civil liberties increm

that's how serious they were about protecting that secret surveillance program called stellar wind john kiriakou he's the only person going to prison because of the torture program a state sponsored program which we're now finding out is far vaster was far more expansive than it ever been revealed before at least perhaps more at least fifty four countries he's the only one going to prison and why because he blew the whistle on it he knowledge of the former cia employee that torture was a state sponsored policy but he never engage in torture he never supported torture any actual refused the torture training and they made it crystal clear during their training at fair trial therefore space this we don't do y. because we're americans and that exceptionalism of america under the constitution we don't do what the others do i never imagined they would turn out in the torture program a vast scale that we ourselves would engage in torture because we're america and we can get away with it because we're america what does that say about us as a country. we're the only two people the two biggest scales the

that's how serious they were about protecting that secret surveillance program called stellar wind john kiriakou he's the only person going to prison because of the torture program a state sponsored program which we're now finding out is far vaster was far more expansive than it ever been revealed before at least perhaps more at least fifty four countries he's the only one going to prison and why because he blew the whistle on it he knowledge of the former cia employee that torture was a state sponsored policy but he never engage in torture he never supported torture any actual refused the torture training and they made it crystal clear during their training at fair trial therefore space this we don't do y. because we're americans and that exceptionalism of america under the constitution we don't do what the others do i never imagined they would turn that into the torture program a vast scale that we ourselves would engage in torture because we're america and we can get away with it because we're america what does that say about us with . our country. we're the only two people the two biggest sc