In 2007, John Kiriakou became the first Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official to publicly confirm that agency interrogators waterboarded a high-value detainee, terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah — a revelation that had previously been a closely guarded secret. Five years after this unauthorized disclosure to ABC News, the veteran CIA officer pleaded guilty to leaking to journalists the identity of certain individuals who were involved with the CIA's rendition, detention, and interrogation program. He was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison. VICE News caught up with Kiriakou for a wide-ranging interview just a few days after he was released from prison. He detailed how his CIA training became a technique for survival behind bars, and how the government turned him into a “dissident.” Watch "The Architect” - http://bit.ly/1IKnChi Read "This CIA Agent Spoke Out About Torture. Now's He's in Prison for Espionage” - http://bit.ly/1anT5dR Read "The CIA Just Declassified the Document That Supposedly Justified the Iraq Invasion” - http://bit.ly/1G9jc3z Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos

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1. thiss guy is too nice.......too polite.....too calm.....too (not his fault)......too likeable......too articulate.....I don't like this guy
2. true American hero, and now everyone realizes why we don't have many government whistleblowers on our corrupt union.
3. This poor fucking guy. Gets punished for exposing evil corruption right under everyone's nose yet the government tells you that you're not allowed to smell the truth because it's for your own protection. Why doesn't the government let the average taxpayer decide to what degree we are willing to go for our own paranoid beliefs.
4. 2015.. And the Italian mafia still has pull like that? lol
5. Disliked for ads
6. John Kiriakou, You sir are a hero.
7. lol was it worth it.. damnn makes you think honestly.
8. Somewhat of a surprised the inmates didn't take the stance that this man was intact a "snitch" given the reason for his imprisonment was leaking private information.
9. Who's here from AfterPrisonShow
10. He says at 12:39 that the CIA killed Muhammad Atta in a bombing in Tora Bora. Wasn't Muhammad Atta one of the 9/11 high jackers?
11. muslim brotherhood n hispanic gangs does more damage to the usa. who cares the fucking terrorists , people are indifferent in others suffering any way.
12. Who's here from AfterPrisonShow?
13. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DIIIIIIVE... Into this video...
14. NOW LETS DIIIIIIIIIIIIVE INTO THIS
15. FUN FACT: eco-terrorists are usually #1 on BigBrother/the FBIs watchlist tf is going wrong on Earth???
16. Who's here from after prison show?
17. he didn't learn a thing. 9-11 was/ is a lie, yet the book deals are quite...
18. Afterprisonshow
19. After Prison Show brought me here.