What podcasts say about John Kiriakou
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What John Kiriakou has said on podcasts
18 statements · 2 positive · 13 negative · 3 neutral
The President’s Daily Brief is the CIA’s most important daily product.
“the most important product that the CIA writes every day is the pdb, the President's Daily Brief”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 6:10
The CIA seeks recruits with sociopathic tendencies.
“The CIA actively seeks to hire people who have what they call sociopathic Tendencies”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 8:21
Most CEOs are sociopaths, especially in large companies.
“in business, most CEOs are sociopaths”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 8:54
Ninety-five percent of recruited spies accept because of money.
“95% of the people who agree to become spies for us do it for the money”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 10:37
US law prohibits the CIA from operating domestically.
“By law, the CIA can't operate domestically”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 14:46
- on Business leaders traveling to denied areasPositiveJul 31, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Nearly all business leaders agree to CIA debriefings because they are patriots.
“99.99% are going to say yes because they're patriots”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 15:19
CIA officers are trained to lie.
“You're a trained liar”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 15:53
The CIA has the highest divorce rate among US government entities.
“It's the highest divorce rate of any entity in the US government”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 15:56
- on CIA officers and intelligence assetsNegativeJul 31, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
CIA officers should not have sexual relationships with intelligence assets.
“You're not supposed to sleep with assets”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 22:25
- on Sexual blackmail in intelligence recruitmentNegativeJul 31, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Sexual blackmail is ineffective for recruiting intelligence sources.
“after that, we just stopped doing that. It doesn't work”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 23:21
Threats do not produce productive intelligence relationships.
“Threatening somebody, it's not going to result in a productive relationship”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 23:32
The CIA has missed nearly every major global development since 1947.
“We've pretty much missed every major global development since 1947”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 24:41
The CIA is poor at identifying major strategic developments.
“the big picture items were just not good at it”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 25:07
Law enforcement can obtain people’s metadata by purchasing it without a warrant.
“All they have to do is just buy your metadata because it's for sale”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 25:52
People’s statements can be taken out of context and used against them.
“be careful what you say, be careful what you write, even in jest, because it can be taken out of context to target you”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 29:43
Consumer devices are not secure against intelligence-service access.
“They're not secure at all”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 30:10
- on CIA smart-TV surveillance capabilityNegativeJul 31, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
CIA malware can turn a smart TV’s speaker into a microphone while powered off.
“they can make the speaker turn into a microphone, so even though the TV is off, it can still hear everything that's being said in the room”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 31:45
Remote access can take control of a car’s computer system and kill its occupant.
“They can take control again remotely, of a car's computer system in order to. Well, I mean, in order to kill you.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Ex-CIA Reveals What Spies Know About Human NatureListen at 32:13
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