John Kiriakou è un autore il cui lavoro è profondamente informato dalla sua vasta esperienza all'interno della comunità di intelligence americana. Avendo prestato servizio sia come analista che come ufficiale operativo antiterrorismo, ha acquisito una conoscenza diretta di complessi scenari geopolitici e delle complessità della lotta alle minacce globali. La sua successiva emersione come whistleblower, rivelando pratiche governative controverse, infonde nella sua scrittura un profondo senso di urgenza e di indagine morale. Le narrazioni di Kiriakou offrono ai lettori uno sguardo raro nel mondo clandestino dello spionaggio, esplorando gli dilemmi etici e i costi personali associati alle operazioni di sicurezza nazionale.
The book explores themes of free speech and the importance of protecting individual rights in the face of societal pressures. It delves into the complexities of expression, examining the balance between liberty and responsibility. Through compelling narratives and insightful analysis, the author sheds light on contemporary issues surrounding censorship and the impact of governmental policies on personal freedoms. This award-winning work emphasizes the necessity of defending the First Amendment in a rapidly changing cultural landscape.
"In The CIA Insider's Guide to Iran: from CIA Coup to the Brink of War, former CIA Officer John C. Kiriakou and investigative journalist and historian Gareth Porter explain how and why the United States and Iran have been either at war or threatening such a war for most of the forty years since Islamic Republic of Iran was established. The authors delve below the surface explanations for the forty-year history of extreme U.S. hostility toward Iran to blow up one official U.S. narrative after another about Iran and U.S. policy"-- Publisher's description
Waterboarding terrorist suspects, CIA raids in Pakistan, and the truth about the invasion of Iraq—one CIA agent’s shocking true story! Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou defined waterboarding as torture—but still admitted that it probably was effective. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and a chronicle of Kiriakou’s life in the CIA, stands as an important, eloquent piece of testimony from a committed American patriot. Kiriakou takes us into the fight against an enemy fueled by fanaticism, chillingly recounting what it was like inside the CIA headquarters on the morning of 9/11, the agency leaders who stepped up and those who protected their careers, and, in what may be the book’s most shocking revelation, how the White House made plans to invade Iraq a full year before the CIA knew about it—or could attempt to stop it. Chronicling both mind-boggling mistakes and heroic acts of individual courage, The Reluctant Spy is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the inner workings of the U.S. intelligence apparatus, the truth behind the torture debate, and the incredible dedication of ordinary men and women doing one of the most extraordinary jobs on earth.
Have you ever thought you were being followed or watched? Have you ever needed to follow or observe someone and not be seen? In the world of espionage, surveillance and surveillance detection are a way of life. It is the job of every CIA operations officer to make sure he or she is not under surveillance—that is, being followed to the commission of an “operational act.” It is also the job of every CIA operations officer to surveil his own targets, whether they are terrorists or terrorist suspects, foreign intelligence officers, hostile actors, or even sometimes his own agents, for vetting purposes. In everyday life, many people from all walks of life need to know how to perform similar operations. Whether avoiding a stalker, checking up on an unfaithful partner, or just securing one’s own privacy, a working knowledge of modern surveillance and surveillance detection techniques is a critical skill to possess. And there is nobody better to teach that skill than someone trained by the CIA. From former CIA counterterrorism officer John C. Kiriakou, The CIA Guide to Surveillance and Surveillance Detection takes you through the CIA's surveillance and surveillance detection program. It will teach you to apply CIA surveillance techniques to your own everyday life. You’ll learn how to stay safe, to ensure your privacy, and to keep the honest people honest—the CIA way.
