John Kiriakou: America Plea Bargains for Its Crimes of Torture
The CIA agent who captured top al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubaydah traces the Guantanamo prisoner's 20 years of torture, ending with the government's failure to put him and four others on…
The Scandal of U.S. Prisons
The head of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was forced to step down last week as scandals swept through the vast U.S. prison system.
John Kiriakou on Daniel Hale and America’s Unending Persecution of Whistleblowers
John Kiriakou joins Robert Scheer to discuss the plight of the whistleblower, sentenced to 45 months in prison for revealing how often drone strikes kill civilians.
John Kiriakou: Drone Whistleblower Thrown in Pen With Terrorists
Is society safer with Daniel Hale, who exposed U.S. drone civilian killings, being housed with some of the most dangerous prisoners in America?
Forever Wars
Robert Scheer
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SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
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John Kiriakou: A Traitor to Torture
Those who invented America's torture program were promoted and protected by presidents of both parties. Only the whistleblower was prosecuted. This is his story.
John Kiriakou: A Former CIA Mideast Expert’s View of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
The CIA torture whistleblower offers expert insight into Israel’s most recent attacks on the Palestinian territories on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: History
SI: Human Rights & Civil Rights
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Reporting Abuse of Power
John Kiriakou: Gina Haspel Is a Terrible Choice to Lead the CIA
The former CIA counterterrorism official and whistleblower discusses his opposition to the nominee for the head of the agency.
John Kiriakou: The Whistleblower Who Revealed CIA Torture
Robert Scheer sits down with the former CIA agent and torture whistleblower to discuss the battle for maintaining civil liberties in an age of terror attacks.