John Kiriakou
Former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower
John Kiriakou (Former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Central Intelligence Agency, United States war with Iran, American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Central Intelligence Agency
Kiriakou says the CIA deliberately hires people with sociopathic tendencies who will work in legal and ethical gray areas.
“The CIA actively seeks to hire people who have sociopathic tendencies, not sociopaths”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:35:57
Kiriakou argues that the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and his relatives showed the U.S. abandoning its status as a nation of laws.
“We just decided we didn't like his politics. And so we blew him up”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:55
Kiriakou says CIA work destroyed his first marriage and that multiple colleagues had been married four or five times.
“And that's just not conducive to a smooth marriage”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 57:53
Kiriakou recounts being recruited into the CIA by a George Washington University professor who was an undercover officer.
“I'm not really a professor here. I'm a CIA officer undercover as a professor here. I'm looking for people who might fit into the CIA's culture”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 55:40
United States war with Iran
Kiriakou says two national intelligence estimates in the past 20 years concluded Iran had no nuclear weapons program.
“The CIA in the last 20 years has written two national intelligence estimates. Now, this is a sense of the entire intelligence community concluding both times that the Iranians did not have a nuclear weapons program”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 50:45
Kiriakou claims Israel had a vested interest in misleading the United States into fighting Iran on its behalf.
“I think that the Israelis had a vested interest in lying to us and pulling us into this war to do their dirty work for them”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 48:06
Kiriakou says Trump's televised threat to attack Iran's electrical grid amounted to announcing a war crime.
“the president threatened again to attack Iran's infrastructure, specifically its electrical grid. And that is quite literally a war crime”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 47:31
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Kiriakou says a CIA security briefing stated the FBI had identified 187 undeclared Israeli intelligence officers operating in the United States.
“the FBI has been able to identify 187 other undeclared Israeli intelligence officers spread out all across America, working to steal secrets from American defense contractors”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:10
Vault 7
Kiriakou says WikiLeaks' Vault 7 disclosures showed the CIA can remotely control cars and turn smart TVs into microphones.
“the CIA can remotely take over your car”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:04
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kiriakou argues robust congressional oversight of intelligence agencies has been absent since the early 1980s because members fear the agencies.
“the only way to tell the difference is through robust congressional oversight, something that we have not had since the early 1980s”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:30
Project MKUltra
Kiriakou says only 15% of MKUltra documents survive because the CIA director ordered their destruction in 1975 despite a congressional order.
“That's why what we have today is only 15% of the MKUltra documents. Everything else was destroyed in 1975”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:27
Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Kiriakou questions why the FBI is leading the Charlie Kirk investigation rather than Utah state police.
“This is a state police case for the Utah State Police. Why in the world is the FBI calling the shots?”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:24
Appearances
Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287The Megyn Kelly Show · Apr 2, 2026 · 1 h 40 min
Megyn Kelly, Sean Davis and Sohrab Ahmari dissect Pam Bondi's firing and the Iran war, then John Kiriakou discusses CIA secrets and MKUltra.
Discussed in
Muslim Leader Exposes Who’s Really Controlling War | DSH #1961Digital Social Hour · May 12, 2026 · 48 min
Attorney Hassan Shibly tells Sean Kelly about charity in Islam, and argues that Israel's influence is driving the U.S. war with Iran and Islamophobia.
Often appears with
- Megyn Kelly · 1 shared episode
- Sean Davis · 1 shared episode
- Sohrab Ahmari · 1 shared episode