McCain fought to restore Kiriakou's stolen $780,000 pension
βSenator McCain says, welcome home. And he wants to know how he can be helpful to you. And I said, oh my god. Tell him thank you so much. He can be helpful by giving me my pension back. I said, these Obama people confiscated my pension 20 of proud government service... He said, I'm gonna put it down in the bottom. Nobody's gonna pay any attention. We're gonna get you your pension back... And then he got brain cancer. And so he couldn't be on the conference committee.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
βHe says, we sure had a good time at the Parthenon this morning, didn't we, Hill? She's just staring at him. So he repeats himself. We sure had a good time at the Parthenon this morning, didn't we, Hill? And she says, Jesus Christ, Bill. It's raining all day. I'll be in the room. And she walks between us. And I'm looking at him like, you poor man.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
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
Obama prosecuted more leakers than all prior presidents combined
βThe espionage act was written in 1917 to combat German saboteurs 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
βI jump up, and I said, mister president, my name is John Kiriakou. I'm the CIA torture whistleblower. And then I I used my my go to line. I said, Barack Obama and John Brennan ruined my life, and you were the only person who can give it back to me. And he goes like this. He goes, Tucker Carlson told me about you.β
Obama allegedly promised Secretary of State to multiple people
βObama put his arm around my shoulder, and he said, Bill, if you endorse me and you bring the Hispanics secretary of state. And I said, oh my god. That's fantastic. It's what Richardson always wanted... I said, Bill Richardson has exactly the same story. I said, Barack Obama promised half a dozen people that they would be secretary of state. That's the kind of person he is. He duped all of you guys.β
Public trust in government collapsed from 72% to teens
βI think long term, the lower that score goes, you you you you cannot risk not knowing the consequences of the score getting too low. Because if it gets too low, then what does the youth do who don't have anything to lose? Anything. The young is willing to break the whole thing because they're like, well, you know what? You guys are not doing anything.β
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
Kiriakou apologizes for calling Patrick Bet-David a hardcore Zionist
βI was watching Patrick Bet David yesterday, and Patrick is a a hardcore Zionist. He's Iranian. I don't think he's Jewish. I think he's, like, half a Syrian and half Armenian.β
John Kerry kept replicas of medals he famously threw away
βBut he famously threw those medals over the White House fence to protest the Vietnam War. So I'm looking at that like, what?... And he goes, are you kidding? He said those medals are the most important things in his life. He went to the P X that morning, and he bought copies. And he threw the copies over the White House.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
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
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 reveal true US military intentions every time
βOne of the very first lessons that I learned at the CIA is that if you wanna 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 gonna send an an entire aircraft carrier strike group, you mean business. If you're gonna send two of them, you're going to war. And we sent two.β
A 1981 UFO sighting still haunts the ex-CIA officer
βWe see this brilliant blinding flash of light, not very high off the ground, maybe 1,500 1,200, 1,500 feet. There's a second flash and a third flash, and we were both looking up at it. And then this orange saucer lit up, and it's just hovering there... And then it went like that at this fantastic speed that just defied the laws of physics.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
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