What John Kiriakou has said about Patriot Act
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 8, 2026
John Kiriakou, Former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower, has been quoted on Patriot Act once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on October 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kiriakou calls the passage of the Patriot Act the most successful mass behavioral campaign because Americans voluntarily surrendered civil liberties.
“I think it probably has to be passage of the Patriot Act because it convinced all Americans to just voluntarily give up their civil liberties”
Modern Wisdom: CIA Whistleblower: Who Actually Runs The US Government? - John Kiriakou - #1160 (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:34
Episodes
CIA Whistleblower: Who Actually Runs The US Government? - John Kiriakou - #1160Modern Wisdom · Oct 8, 2026 · 2 h 36 min
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou tells Chris Williamson about the deep state, surveillance, China and Israeli espionage, famous intelligence operations, interrogation and CIA torture.
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