The interview is embedded below, via Sovren Media:ĭocumenting the Prisoners of Guantanamo Bay – powered by dia
I was delighted to get the chance to talk with John, whose recently-launched show also includes interviews with Joseph Hickman, Ray McGovern (speaking about Daniel Hale), Coleen Rowley, Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, Matt Taibbi and many other fascinating interviewees. Recently, I was delighted to be invited to be interviewed about Guantánamo for a new online TV show - “Whistleblowers,” presented by John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who led the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah in 2002, and who, in January 2013, received a 30-month sentence for passing classified information to the media namely, by providing the name of another CIA officer whose identity was already well-known in the human rights community.Īs the Government Accountability Project explains, however, what Kiriakou was really being punished for was a 2007 interview on ABC News, in which he “became the first CIA officer to publicly confirm that the CIA had waterboarded prisoners, and that such an action was torture,” and “also confirmed that torture was an official US government policy, rather than wrongdoing by a few rogue agents.” If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months.
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