Romania and US military positioning
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Asked how important Romania is to American military positioning toward the Middle East, Kiriakou answered that it is "increasingly important", and gave a reason of simple capacity: "The Greeks can't take any more American planes, ships, all that stuff. It's full. Everything's full."

The second reason is political. "The Turks are doing their own thing", the same divergence he traces at length in the Mecca Agreement, which leaves Romania as "the next best bet, maybe Bulgaria, but Romania and the United States are very close. The militaries, the intelligence services are very close. So, Romania is playing that role."

The same question asked whether there was credible evidence of CIA involvement in the 1989 Romanian revolution. Kiriakou did not answer it, noting only that he wished he had five minutes for the subject.

See also

- Mecca Agreement
- CIA liaison relationships
