Spy films John Kiriakou considers accurate
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Asked which espionage films resemble the job, John Kiriakou named three.

Argo he calls "completely true. Completely, totally true," adding that the officers involved were heroes at the agency. The Recruit he rates almost completely accurate, with a single correction drawn from his own time at the Farm: training was hard, "but they didn't beat us like they beat him." Bridge of Spies he calls 100 per cent historically accurate.

The action genre he rejects: "the action ones, it's totally made up." Asked specifically whether he had ever had anything resembling a hidden room with a stash of weapons, in the manner of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, his answer was no, "nobody does."

See also

- The Farm
- John Kiriakou
