Obama weaponized the Espionage Act against intelligence whistleblowers
βThe Espionage Act was written in 1917 to combat German saboturs during the First World War. Between 1917 and 2009, three people were prosecuted for speaking to the press. Just under Obama, eight of us were prosecuted for speaking to the press. Eight of us.β
The SPLC reportedly laundered money to extremist hate groups
βWhat they're being accused of doing is giving money to the Ku Klux Clan, giving money to Nazi groups, you know, laundering money. There are very clear laws, very specific laws about money laundering. You can't do it. You can't do it. And so, why launder it in the first place?β
A presidential pardon would restore Kiriakou's $780,000 pension
βHe can be helpful by giving me my pension back. I said, 'These Obama people confiscated my pension. 20 years of proud government service.' ... What would a pardon do to your life? It would give me my my pension back. That's it. And give me my gun rights back.β
Donald Trump prioritizes negotiation skills over traditional diplomatic oratory
βIf you ask somebody a question in 2000, what qualities do you want in a president? Top five, they would say diplomacy, you know, being presidential, you know, great aator. ... You know what people are realizing from 16 to today? Negotiation skills. And the guy's a the guy's a phenomenal negotiate.β
Naval movements are the primary indicator of military intentions
βOne of the very first lessons that I learned at the CIA is that if you want to determine American military intentions, watch naval movements. You know, we can fly troops out all over the place. It doesn't make any difference. If you're going to send an an entire aircraft carrier strike group, you mean business.β
Kiriakou apologizes for calling Patrick Bet-David a Zionist
βBut I want to apologize on the record because I was wrong. ... no, no. I owe you an apology. As I said, you've you've shown me wrong, and I I'm sorry that I uh perpetuated an untruth.β
John Brennan allegedly attempted a coup using rumor and innuendo
βJohn Brennan, I believe, um, really did attempt to carry out a coup, not with tanks in the streets. He tried to do it through rumor and innuendo. And he tried to deny Donald Trump the presidency. He tried to deny, you know, the choice of 51% of Americans.β
FISA Section 702 enables warrantless surveillance on American citizens
βIt allows these continued secret here it is secret warrantless uh wire taps on people. But again, you know, on whom and what's the threshold? We don't know what the threshold is. Nobody will tell us. And so you get somebody like Carter Page who, you know, was doing what he thought he was supposed to be doing.β
Retired pilots frequently report classified sightings of unidentified aircraft
βHis son was u an F5 pilot or whatever it was, F-16 pilot. And I mentioned this to him like, 'Oh, I saw the craziest thing last year. I saw this flying saucer with my dad.' And he said, 'Oh, we see those things all the time.' He said, 'One time I saw one shoot up out of the ocean.' And I said, 'You kidding me?' He said, 'No.' We said, 'We fill out these forms. They're classified. We send them to the Pentagon.' He said, 'Every pilot has seen them.'β