Dec. 8, 2015 10pm (PST) - CIA Torture with John Kiriakou

With John’s experience in the CIA, as a Whistleblower who was imprisoned for his discussion, he is a sought after speaker for international organizations, colleges and corporations.

As an international expert in political affairs and experiencing the consequences of governmental missteps, John has a unique perspective on whistleblowing, torture policy, and prison reform.

John Kiriakou was a senior staff member in the United States Senate. He served in the Central Intelligence Agency from 1990 until March 2004, first as an analyst and later as a counterterrorism operations officer. He was later named the executive assistant to the CIA’s associate deputy director for operations, where he was intimately involved in planning for the Iraq war. His op-eds on the Middle East and Afghanistan have appeared in more than eighty newspapers in dozens of countries.