EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Ex-CIA Official Reveals New Details About Torture, Plame Leak

[kpete]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Ex-CIA Official Reveals New Details About Torture, Plame Leak

The Invasion of Iraq

In addition to new details he disclosed about Zubaydah and torture in general, Kiriakou said after he returned to Langley in late spring 2002 following his capture of Zubaydah and dozens of other alleged terrorists, he was "absolutely convinced" he would receive a promotion. But he was passed over by Jose Rodriguez, head of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center. Rodriguez is now the subject of a federal criminal investigation over the destruction of torture tapes, which he ordered purged.

Kiriakou said he was instead given a "field promotion" and by August 1, 2002 - the month in which the CIA maintains Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times - he was working on top-secret issues related to the administration's Iraq invasion plans. So secret was his new job, Kiriakou wrote in his book, that he had to sign six separate "secrecy agreements."

After he and his boss, Robert Grenier, the CIA's associate deputy director of operations for policy support who was later promoted to Iraq mission manager, signed the secrecy agreements they were briefed on their new assignment.

"Okay, here's the deal," the CIA's unnamed director of Iraq operations told Kiriakou and Grenier. "We're going to invade Iraq next spring. We're going to overthrow Saddam Hussein. We're going to establish the largest Air Force base in the world and we're going to transfer everybody from Saudi Arabia to Iraq. That way, al-Qaeda won't have that hanging over us, that we're polluting the land of the two holy cities."

Kiriakou wrote that he and Grenier were stunned.

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wow Jason! AMAZING VIDEO!!!, kpete
http://www.truthout.org/interview-with-former-cia-officer-john-kiriakou59396

[annabanana]

1. in AUGUST '02?!

damn

[JDPriestly]

2. The video doesn't seem to play. Is there a problem?

Does anyone have a suggestion about fixing it?

[annabanana]

4. I'm having no trouble playing it. . . n/t

[kpete]

5. the transcript is pretty interesting:

http://www.truthout.org/interview-with-former-cia-officer-john-kiriakou59396

[Echo In Light]

3. K/R

[annabanana]

6. It's a pretty interesting interview... worth a listen. . . .n/t

[WeDidIt]

7. Does this mean Rove will be indicted in 24 business hours?

I take ANYTHING from Jason Leopold with two truckloads of salt.

[bleever]

8. K&R.

Lots of interesting stuff here.

[robertpaulsen]

9. Excellent video! K&R!

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