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Dr Oz and the Armenian hospices

John Kiriakou's reaction to a television segment by Mehmet Oz alleging fraud by Armenian-run hospices in Los Angeles — that a man he identifies as a veteran of the Turkish special forces zeroing in on Armenians in California is not a coincidence, and that each of the administration's appointees appears to arrive with a racial scandal of their own.

Dr Oz and the Armenian hospices is a short exchange from January 2026 in which John Kiriakou was asked whether he had seen a television segment by Mehmet Oz alleging fraud by Armenian-run hospices in Los Angeles.[1]

The response

Kiriakou’s answer opened with an admission of temper: he wanted to punch him in the face for that too.[2]

The reason follows immediately, and is the whole of the argument. “Of course, Dr. Oz, who is a veteran of the Turkish special forces. Of course, he’s going to zero in on Armenians in California.”[2] The unstated premise is the Armenian genocide and the century of Turkish denial that followed it, which Kiriakou treats as sufficient context for reading a fraud investigation as something other than a fraud investigation. His summary of the man was four words: “I freaking hate that guy.”[2]

The pattern

Rall’s contribution was to place it in a series — “And Tulsi in Fulton County. Each appointee must have their own racial scandal” — which Kiriakou accepted without correction before the conversation moved on to the seizure of Georgia voting records.[2]

The episode is a small instance of a habit that runs through Kiriakou’s commentary: reading a public official’s biography, and particularly their prior service in a foreign security establishment, as the operative fact about what they choose to investigate.

See also

References

  1. DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas, 2026-01-3022:32 on YouTube · Transcript
  2. DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas, 2026-01-3023:02 on YouTube · Transcript

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.