# Jennings Randolph

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*Longtime U.S. Senator from West Virginia who, in a phone call John Kiriakou made to thank him as a college student, gave him the advice he says shaped his life: always do the right thing, not the expedient one.*

- **Position:** U.S. Senator from West Virginia
- **Advice to Kiriakou:** "Always do the right thing."

**Jennings Randolph** was a long-serving U.S. Senator from West Virginia, first elected to Congress in the Roosevelt era. [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) recounts that as a George Washington University student he found Randolph listed in the Washington phone book, called simply to thank him for 50 years of service, and received the advice he says he wrote down and kept: *"Always do the right thing. This city is too full of people who are willing to do the expedient thing."*[1][2][3]

## See also

- [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou)

## Sources

1. John Kiriakou: "He Sold Us Secrets!" How Jeffrey Epstein Ran Mossad, MI6, and the CIA (2026-06-07), at 55:56. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjL0abFfcsA&t=3356s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-07-jack-neel-epstein-mossad-mi6-cia/
2. John Kiriakou: "He Sold Us Secrets!" How Jeffrey Epstein Ran Mossad, MI6, and the CIA (2026-06-07), at 56:28. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjL0abFfcsA&t=3388s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-07-jack-neel-epstein-mossad-mi6-cia/
3. John Kiriakou: "He Sold Us Secrets!" How Jeffrey Epstein Ran Mossad, MI6, and the CIA (2026-06-07), at 57:30. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjL0abFfcsA&t=3450s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-07-jack-neel-epstein-mossad-mi6-cia/

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