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joshcryer

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63. Kiriakou was a torture defender.

Reply to woo me with science (Reply #34)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:00 PM

Dec 2014

He was literally the face of the pro-torture movement. He made waterboarding out to be "no big deal."

Once he got charged for revealing identities, and went to jail, he got conspiracy movement people to jump on his behalf, and he's somehow contorted history and revised it to make it seem like he was a good guy.

All that torture he was involved in was, after all, just an "ugly little episode."

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Only CIA Agent Jailed for Torture Program Is Whistleblower Who Confirmed Its Existence [View all] RiverLover Dec 2014 OP

Go figure newfie11 Dec 2014 #1

Bitter Irony. adirondacker Dec 2014 #2

But Obama.. sendero Dec 2014 #3

He should count this prosecution as a triumph....Kiriakou pled guilty to leaking the name msanthrope Dec 2014 #61

We are a F*cked Up Nation n/t Triana Dec 2014 #4

If this true heaven05 Dec 2014 #5

It's not true.....read this thread, and its links, this has already been debunked... msanthrope Dec 2014 #29

thanks heaven05 Dec 2014 #31

Okay...revealing the name of an operative in the field, even to your co-author, is a crime. He pled msanthrope Dec 2014 #48

K & R ctsnowman Dec 2014 #6

Does this guy have a fund set up so we can help him and show other "would be" Whistle Blowers Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #7

He needs to be freed, too. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #9

You want to free a guy who bragged the waterboarding was effective? msanthrope Dec 2014 #23

Kiriakou should be in prison for torture. joshcryer Dec 2014 #67

He should be...but instead he's in for the same crime Scooter Libby pulled.... msanthrope Dec 2014 #71

Sorry I jumped the gun. Thanks for setting me straight. Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #75

It's easy to do when certain agenda-driven sources are promoted on this site. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #77

it's part of his 3 dimensional chess belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #8

When dealing with criminals, only the honest are at a disadvantage. nt raouldukelives Dec 2014 #10

+1000000 liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #15

The facts speak for themselves. mn9driver Dec 2014 #11

K&R. He should be released. Overseas Dec 2014 #12

Corrupt, morally bankrupt government. woo me with science Dec 2014 #13

Indeed..imagine putting someone in jail after they got on 60 Minutes and msanthrope Dec 2014 #28

The name of the agent "outed" heaven05 Dec 2014 #32

Um...disclosure to his co-author and publisher is "the public." FYI..it was to a reporter... msanthrope Dec 2014 #36

ummmmm heaven05 Dec 2014 #41

His name is known. Which is why you can find it, and the assignment he was msanthrope Dec 2014 #43

Ohhh heaven05 Dec 2014 #44

It wasn't an insult. It's a suggestion for how you can find it. msanthrope Dec 2014 #46

Okay heaven05 Dec 2014 #78

Propaganda is a low, disreputable occupation. woo me with science Dec 2014 #34

I guess when you don't bother to google the people you defend, and you get called msanthrope Dec 2014 #42

Kiriakou was a torture defender. joshcryer Dec 2014 #63

Which agency is paying you to post this? Can I make buck, too, msanthrope Dec 2014 #73

Who could forget that smug face of his? joshcryer Dec 2014 #74

I'll tell you exactly who "forgot." People who weren't paying attention the first time this joker msanthrope Dec 2014 #76

Made in America Thespian2 Dec 2014 #14

A judge needs to step in.... ReRe Dec 2014 #16

He pled guily because he released the name of a CIA covert agent to sell his book. msanthrope Dec 2014 #24

I think Libby took the fall for others in the administration JonLP24 Dec 2014 #37

You say with certainty, but your linked article has uncertainty RiverLover Dec 2014 #54

Wow...five seconds of google to find out his guilty plea...for leaking the name.... msanthrope Dec 2014 #56

You said he did it to sell a book. Then have a guy with CIA ties as your linked source. RiverLover Dec 2014 #58

Um no....as a way to drum up sales for his 2010 book, he decided to leak to a particular msanthrope Dec 2014 #59

Fine. We just disagree. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #65

Indeed..and Kiriakou's own plea seems to disagree with you, too. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #66

That's not what I disagree with. Read my post again. Seriously. RiverLover Dec 2014 #69

I spoke without reading about this fellow... ReRe Dec 2014 #86

Who are the real crooks? Octafish Dec 2014 #17

+1 Enthusiast Dec 2014 #21

Okay...you are defending the guy who 1) Defended waterboarding on msanthrope Dec 2014 #27

You keep repeating that, msanthrope. Octafish Dec 2014 #30

Kiriakou's 60 Minutes interview where he defends waterboarding is msanthrope Dec 2014 #45

So what? He said he learned he was wrong. What's important is CIA Tortures. Octafish Dec 2014 #51

He learned he was wrong? Was that before or after his book contract? msanthrope Dec 2014 #55

Typical...no words freebrew Dec 2014 #18

John Kiriakou, a man with a conscience Oilwellian Dec 2014 #19

Um, no....go watch his 60 Minutes interview where he defends waterboarding, msanthrope Dec 2014 #25

If the cops, the CIA, Presidents, administration officials etc are above the law, JEB Dec 2014 #20

+1 Enthusiast Dec 2014 #22

+1000000 woo me with science Dec 2014 #35

This trope was completely and utterly debunked yesterday in this thread.... msanthrope Dec 2014 #26

Kinda like the only guy arrested when Eric Garner was murdered is the guy who recorded it. Iggo Dec 2014 #33

If President Obama pardons anyone this is the man he should pardon. NOW. jwirr Dec 2014 #38

The guy who went on 60 Minutes and defended the use of waterboarding? msanthrope Dec 2014 #47

He is a little fish. I am sick of letting the little guys take the rap so the leaders can get off. jwirr Dec 2014 #50

The guy who leaked a covert field operative's name to sell a book is a msanthrope Dec 2014 #53

Of course. This is who we are now. New Pearl Harbor, remember? librechik Dec 2014 #39

This is the patriot who served his country Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #40

+100000000 War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Torturers are Patriots. woo me with science Dec 2014 #49

. . . and Corporate Tyranny is Democracy Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #52

He didn't serve anyone but himself...he leaked the name of a covert operative in the field to a msanthrope Dec 2014 #57

Yup, all that torture was just an "ugly little episode." joshcryer Dec 2014 #70

... napkinz Dec 2014 #60

Rec! progressoid Dec 2014 #62

I don't know if I can feel sorry for this guy, he defended the use of water boarding. Rex Dec 2014 #64

Because, Obama. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #72

Seriously, it all looked good until I read he defended the CIAs use of torture. Rex Dec 2014 #79

Can you cite that? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #80

Which part? nt Rex Dec 2014 #81

Well there was one other convicted. Savannahmann Dec 2014 #68

Why would ANYONE who has been paying attention for the last 40 years hifiguy Dec 2014 #82

kick. Priorities, priorities. woo me with science Dec 2014 #83

R & K woo! messed up priorities, priorities... RiverLover Dec 2014 #85

Kick for Those working to end Wars without End. Octafish Dec 2014 #84