Props to Ted for giving this hero a platform.

They screwed him. I wish him so much success. I've been a fan of his since the government started "torturing" him. Whistleblowers are our friends not traitors.

The “Patriot Act” proves an old adage that my Constitutional Law professor taught us, “Bad times equal bad laws.”

I think CIA made a big mistake of recruiting John. In this kind of services you cannot recruit people with good heart and he is a great human being.

To write your congressman is like writing the tooth fairy.

Torture finally made illegal is the same as speeding is illegal. It’s illegal but you know it’s still going to go on.

How in God's name is this man still alive? Amazing stuff!

This man is a true patriot. We owe him and those like him a lot. 🇺🇸

Few of us have John Kiriakou's integrity when your're responsible for your family and dependent on a job you love.

I have the pleasure on meeting Mr. Kiriakou at the Barnes and Nobles bookstore in Lynnwood, WA in 2017. I took a picture with him and he signed my copy of his book The Convenient Terrorist. A decent gentleman.

This guy is literally in prison right now (Jan. 18, 2021) because he exposed war crimes & crimes against humanity. How ironic

Thank you John!

We need to share this video and I’m doing it as a moral obligation! This corrupt government must be stopped. Thank you Mr. Kiriacou 👏👏👏

this guy is a legend

Fianlly hes on Ted !

Needs way more views....

This man is a hero

@ 8.30 "Torture is illegal in this country" So now the SAME people torture in International waters or somewhere outside the US. Problem solved. Business as usual.

Thank you!

I hope he lives a long happy life.

Always have loved how he speaks. And he's true to his story. I hope he gets pardoned.

I admire whistleblowers who are trying to educate the public on what is the truth about the U.S. government and not justify their actions.

great talk

This man is an actual hero. I appreciate his sacrifice.

This is great, but he's oversimplifying for sake of not going down rabbitholes and getting in trouble all over again. He mentioned 'enhanced interrogation' (separate from waterboarding), which has dozens of components, then drops that like a hot potato. Enhanced interrogation escaped legal scrutiny and definition. It's still going on. It's not just torture, it's _worse_ than torture, and scars for life. I commend Kirikou for his courage, but he didn't go far enough (perhaps because he's human and has a family). U.S. detention camps and military prisons are still open - and they are not treating people humanely in the slightest. The measures still being used are: sleep deprivation, empty and real verbal threats, isolation, sensory deprivation, cold, some forced position torture, disorientation about cause of pain (prisoner is told he is causing his own pain), playing with randomness and time (so that it feels that the torture is infinite and timeless) and with indefinite detention (you are there forever, and this psychologically destroys the prisoner so that most of them stop eating). All these things are worse than a few waterboarding sessions, because the torture never ends, and mentally scars both perpetrators and victims for life. So, in fact, very little has been fixed, and many western states are morally cowardly and retrograde, the consequences of which are destroying the society from within.

Morality is for citizens not for government.

God bless John Kiriakou.

Definitely a lot happens behind our backs😨

Great speaker!

Some people really watch this and actually believe that torture isn't practiced now in the US.

The moment he said" the FBI couldnt find anything, i didnt commit a crime", i thought: yeah, but your fellow C.I.A agents will not be so forgiving...you called them out as torturerers, he was the only one of 14 who said no. The program went on, and he blows the whistle, afcourse they gonna see him as a traitor in their eyes. Though he has the ethical element of it on his side, and by making this known, he created an invisible barrier for the U.S. to slide even further down, because what did we used to say again in the western world ? We would never resort to torture ever again ? Well we did, and we promosed we would never sink so low again. Nonetheless they (the admin) signed it. In other words we did a step back as humanity

Thank you John Long live humanity Long live America Long live India

I love your heroic stance on life

"Torture is finally illegal in this country...". Naive. Torture continues.

This guy should know Kevin Shipp.

Thank you John for exposing CIA's war crimes....

Counter terrorism is where the CIA fights against itself basically and the groups they have previously armed trained and used till they were done with them.

The effect of a reaction to an acceptance is greatly related to ones 'position' in the 'concerned' issue.

Covert torture is being perpetrated today. Look into targeted individuals and electronic torture and harrassment.

A laugh in the last seconds, as they show something SO FEARSOME! Yet, it is the only thing to fear.

Respect to John Kiriakou.

If the future offers us a new chances to prove our humanity we should seriously overthink our own ability to accept when we have to admid that there are times to loose. so there shall be times to win again. The treatment you had to accept innocently must have been the challange of your live. I want to give you all my best wishes to have a future which offers opportunities which suits your ideals you were standing for.

RIGHT IS MIGHTY MIGHT without REMORSE.

The first thing a company man learns is how to lie convincingly if you think for a moment torture has gone away because of a legality issue your sadly mistaken, while it does not always garner actionable intelligence it does wonders for destroying morale of the enemy regardless of who is doing the torturing

A true courageous man you are . We don't confirm to the societies norm but we stand for morals and trutg. We're not rebel by choice. We're the light bringer

He probably is the nicest 1 to come out of the CIA! I've been using the same line against these people You have to cooperate with me!

its shameful that a video with some kid smashing a toy figure will get 7million views but this HARD CORE thruth about what is happening here only gets `15k views. Raise your kids better. Your raising a bunch of zombies that totally ignore the worlds problems and watch cat vidoes all day.

He still alive? WOW

Not only targeted, but tortured 24/7 now and sick with myeloma kappa light chain plasma cancer. HELP

You our national Hero. Who was the director of FBI that time name the criminal agent.

It would of be nice if you explained the torture methods. You only mentioned water boarding.

join the CIA? 😂😂😂 they locked you up and tried to kill you wtf

Lately Kiriakou has been doing damage control for Assad and Putin on Sputnik

Dear Mr. Kiriakos, in order to solve the "mystery" of 17 November Organisation please search in your former company.

I'm here from JRE. is this the guy???

here is the backstory, he now is the co-host of a radio show with Lee Stranahan on radio Sputnik

The good guys get out . It's been that for every industry or trade .

John you are a hero...in morals and everything else

For a channel with 25M subscribers... how does this have only 50k views? Interesting...

Join the cia. That’s the answer? Close down the cia is the answer.

“I will not speak to you in god language’ respect.

What can we do? Nothing.

serious and well composed man, interesting story full of holes though, so many blind spots it is difficult to say where truth stops and politics begin

1 outta 14 said no. Maybe you were the wrong one then ?

I went to school with a guy with the same name in marrickville frontcourt. He looks like him he was card of his own shadow I hope it's not him but his Greek cushion was a good soccer player so maybe he moved to Newcastle never know

Is he from Sydney, Australia jhon if you are I've been to school with some your relative

I'd still like to know why you guys brought down Salvador Allende and helped Pinochet

Wat a guy!

Torture continues

When did Comedy Central start hosting ted talks?

Loud n clear show, radio, Russian sputnik Great

i will not speak to you in god's language: you are the enemy

👏🏼👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽

US has gone down a dark road.

love and respect from Pakistan

It’s a matter of values…ends or means…the CIA likes ends first people

I like the way he thinks! Join the CIA and change it from the inside! If I could do that I know I would for sure!

The rationale for allowing Waterboarding according to the CIA in 2002 was : 9/11 was a terrorist aggression on U.S. soil that called for extreme measures ( i.e. waterboarding ) in order to gather the necessary intelligence to fight the war on terrorism more effectively thus preventing future terrorist attacks and loss of life .

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did you say 'vote'..?

this guy deserves respect! should george bush be put in jail for lying? 😀 yes it gets hot when you watch these videos!

Alberta's!!! Xxxxxxxxxxx guessed ahhhhhh look a like exactly .

Sony like flying or overseas I just not trust

Always end with a gag, John. "Join the CIA and change it" Also, why don't you walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him he talks funny?

Some how get weapon off there shoe, arm but that's there work practices it's not my idea of weapon I only own one gun that's it thank u

Why they do it to us. Why we can't do the same thing, think it's only right to torture them it's not right, it's mainly war anything everything is allowed in sorry it's not right are men died like that overseas

Le vote, l'entrisme : sûrement un excellent officier traitant, mais un "croyant démocratique" risible. Son parcours contredit ses propos

Asian girl! ??? Together ! Imposter syndrome sound familiar. 2019 2021

Wait you are cia and can not tell 3 teams are on your tail? Were you not through the training at the farm?

9:35 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:24 People actually laughed at this sad

9:35 is the solution!!!!

All you had to do was ask Israel and the US government what happened 9/11.

SomeOne in Calgary ! With--- asian girl ! Look a like little bit younger * John kuriousku

Newsflash------------- A Psychopath doesn't develop a conscience.

Good man! At least he got only 30 months, instead of35 years hanging over the head of Assange and Snowden.Snowden was also afraid they would off him.

Thank You John Kiriakou, you are Mighty ⚡🌊🔥 Happy Fathers Day. Release Him Immediately!

Whistleblowers are good people working as propaganda tools not so much

"Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" lol the resourceful use of words to mean "Torture"...and this is done all the time to confuse masses. You hear the words but you have no idea what they mean.

There always are armed really don't believe C I a. There armed always