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The CIA's standing arrangement with the film industry, as John Kiriakou describes it: a branch inside the Office of Public Affairs whose only job is to cooperate with Hollywood studios, on the model the FBI has run since the 1950s, so that what comes out of Hollywood carries a pro-agency message. Kiriakou notes it is technically illegal for the CIA to propagandise the American public and says that is exactly what happens every time an agency-linked film is released.
The CIA and Hollywood describes what John Kiriakou says is a permanent, institutional relationship rather than an occasional courtesy.
The branch
Asked how important the agency considers soft power through film and television, his answer was “critically important — to the point where the CIA has set up a branch within the Office of Public Affairs whose job it is solely to cooperate with Hollywood studios.”[1]
The precedent he gives is the FBI, which he says has done the same since the 1950s. The purpose is uniform: “the CIA works with Hollywood studios to make sure that everything that comes out of Hollywood has a pro-CIA message.”[1]
The legal problem
“Technically it’s illegal for the CIA to propagandize the American people. But that’s what happens every time a CIA related film is released. It’s propaganda.”[2]
The case he uses to show how far the cooperation runs is Zero Dark Thirty, which in his account “broke all kinds of laws”: the director and writer were given classified briefings over a classified mock-up of the bin Laden compound by counterterrorism centre analysts, and gave those analysts watches and premiere tickets in return. “Well, they should all be in prison for that. Technically that’s a violation of the Espionage Act. Instead, the film was celebrated as a victory at the CIA.”[2][3]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
