#661 - John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou is a former CIA counter-terrorism officer, author and speaker. His new book “The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics and Techniques” is available August 4th.  John joins Theo to talk about how he was recruited into the CIA, his decision to speak up about the agency’s torture programs, and why there are more spies in America than we might think.  John Kiriakou: https://x.com/JohnKiriakou  The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics and Techniques: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Skills-Tactics-Techniques ------------------------------------------------- Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ  Perplexity AI: Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/theo  Morgan and Morgan: Visit https://forthepeople.com/THEO  to see if you might have a case. Morgan and Morgan. America's Largest Injury Law Firm. Carshield: Go to http://carshield.com and use code THEO for 20% off. Saily: Download SAILY's app and use code THEO at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For more details go to https://saily.com/theo ⛵ Better Help: Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/theo  Watch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episodes.  ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/  Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial/  Producer: Halston https://www.instagram.com/halstonrays/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices