Pt1 John Kiriakou :Reluctant Spy/ Pt2 Michael Bowe -Marines Turn Blind Eye to Child Sex Abuse

24 ott 2015 · 1 h 59 min. 51 sec.
Pt1 John Kiriakou :Reluctant Spy/ Pt2 Michael Bowe -Marines Turn Blind Eye to Child Sex Abuse
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Part 1 John Kiriakou :Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations...

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Part 1 John Kiriakou :Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News.

In 2002, Kiriakou became the chief of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, where he led a CIA team in the March 2002 raid and capture of Abu Zubaydah, then thought to be al-Qaeda's third-ranking official.
Following Abu Zubaydah's capture, Kiriakou became Executive Assistant to the CIA's Deputy Director for Operations, where he served as the Director of Central Intelligence's principal Iraq briefer.

Kiriakou left the CIA in March 2004. He later served as a senior investigator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as senior intelligence advisor to Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry. Kiriakou also authored a bestselling book, "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror," and worked as an intelligence consultant for ABC News.

Throughout his career, Kiriakou received 12 CIA Exceptional Performance Awards, the CIA's Sustained Superior Performance Award, the Counterterrorism Service Medal, and the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award.

In 2007, Kiriakou appeared on ABC News, during which he became the first CIA officer to confirm that the CIA waterboarded detainees, and he labeled waterboarding as “torture.” Kiriakou's interview revealed that this practice was official U.S. policy approved at the highest levels of the government.

The government began investigating Kiriakou immediately after his media appearance. Five years later, he was charged with multiple felonies resulting from his whistleblowing. He became the sixth whistleblower indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act - a law designed to punish spies.

Eventually, in order to avoid a trial that could have resulted in separation from his wife and five children for up to 45 years, he opted to plead guilty to one count of a reduced charge in exchange for a 30-month sentence.

In 2012 Kiriakou was honored with the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, an award given to individuals who “advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.” Two days prior to sentencing, he was honored by inclusion of his portrait in artist Robert Shetterly's series "Americans Who Tell the Truth," which features notable truth-tellers throughout American history.

Kiriakou reported to federal prison in Loretto, Pennsylvania on February 28, 2013 to begin serving his sentence, where he continued to speak out in a series of "Letters from Loretto," including his first, which provided a stunning portrait of prison life. In November 2013, the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, California honored Kiriakou as its "Peacemaker of the Year." He was awarded the prestigious PEN First Amendment Award from the PEN Center USA in August 2015.
He was released from prison in February 2015.

Part 2 Attorney Michael J. Bowe - American Marines Turn Blind Eye to Child Sex Abuse

Pro Bono

Michael engages in substantial pro bono work for institutions and individuals, including representing victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the family of United States Marine Lance Corporal Gregory Buckley, Jr., and Marine Corp Major Jason Brezler. These high-profile matters of national import have received substantial Congressional, press, and public attention.
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tommydv

8 anni fa

Dig! is a great documentary and you can watch it for free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHwpl5_Fx5c
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tommydv

8 anni fa

this is terrible
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tommydv

8 anni fa

yes, guilty as charged
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

This is so sad
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tommydv

8 anni fa

Thanks. T. I actually recorded and posted that one.
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Ahh clever ed
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Let me know how it goes T
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tommydv

8 anni fa

Teagan when you mentioned dinner and the BJM and included a you tube link I thought it would be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMCv9i22JvI
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I think he Tupac book sounds good but then I think he took that theory and applied it to everyone of his musical heros
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I'm here T
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

So right Ed
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tommydv

8 anni fa

yes
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Either way that was my point whether he was new to the organization (ie naive) or a lifetime employee he was seduced to the darkness of CIA
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I was talking about Obama
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Does anyone else think Hillary Clinton has gotten a lot of recent face work?
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Whether he was naive to the organization or he was already an employee
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

He was seduced by the darkness or shadow side of the CIA
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I thought his final take on Obama makes sense both ways
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I'm certain that was not the full story t
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

This guy was fascinating
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

No but Nick Bryant does mention it in his book about the Franklin Scandal
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

The Finders is the scariest thing ever
The Opperman Report

The Opperman Report

8 anni fa

no state dept but most are cia
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

Tom says thx too. But he's cooking
Roberta Glass

Roberta Glass

8 anni fa

I know
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