Title: S2 Bonus Episode: Expert Witness
Show: John Kiriakou's Dead Drop
Date: 2026-07-04
URL: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68e695c6d798804c9e4bbd13/e/6a4843390069388b7a608a3e/media.mp3
Duration: 0:09:39

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[06:35] conviction of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. But I frustrated them because I had an answer. Whistleblowing is a defense and I kept coming back to my whistleblowing. The federal public defender later told me you couldn't see the jury on Zoom, but they were laughing at him, meaning the assistant US attorney. He said, they loved you. You aced it. I kind of thought that I had aced it because the last question that the prosecutor had for me was, and I quote, at the end of the day, Mr. Kiriakou, you really are

[07:06] just a convicted criminal, aren't you? I answered, okay. And he said, not a yes or a no. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought the judge said we're not supposed to answer rhetorical questions. And the judge said, move on, counselor. He said, I have no further questions, your honor. And then the public defender jumped up and said, redirect your honor. And this is exactly how it went. He said, Mr. Kiriakou, whose idea was it to blow up the New York Stock Exchange? That was the FBI's idea. Whose idea was it to blow up a synagogue? I said, that was the FBI's idea.

[07:37] Who built the bomb? The FBI built the bomb. Who provided the explosives? The FBI provided the explosives. Who provided the timer and the debt cord? The FBI provided the timer and the debt cord. Who provided the getaway car? The FBI provided the getaway car. Mr. Kiriakou, in your expert opinion, who's the criminal in this case? I said, the FBI is the criminal in this case. Well, I'm proud to tell you that yesterday, June 30th, Haroon Yenor was acquitted on all six charges.

[08:09] Funny thing, when he was arrested in November 2024 and compared to Osama bin Laden in the USA today, his arrest was covered by every major paper in America, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and with banner coverage in the Miami Herald. His acquittal on all charges was not even noted in a blog. There's not even one word about it on the internet. And I think that says a lot about our government. In any event, I thought you'd want to hear the story.

[08:40] I'm John Kiriakou. Thanks for joining us. We'll talk to you soon. Dead Drop is written by John Kiriakou and Alan Katz. Costard and Touchstone Productions produces the podcast, and John Kiriakou, Alan Katz, and Nick Mechanic are its executive producers. This podcast, it's a Costard and Touchstone production.
