# Jerry Falwell Jr.

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*Evangelical leader and former president of Liberty University; John Kiriakou recounts that Falwell personally recruited him to lecture at Liberty's Jesse Helms School of Government after his whistleblowing, with the reasoning that "torture is not Christian."*

- **Role:** Former president, Liberty University
- **Per Kiriakou:** Recruited him to teach after his whistleblowing

**Jerry Falwell Jr.** was an evangelical leader and president of Liberty University. [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) recounts that Falwell called him shortly after he blew the whistle on the [CIA torture program](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/cia-torture-program-whistleblowing) and offered him a post lecturing at the university's Jesse Helms School of Government.[1][2] Kiriakou says he warned Falwell they probably disagreed on 99% of the issues; Falwell answered, *"we want you because torture is not Christian."* Kiriakou took the job and says he loved every second of it, even as they argued over the role of evangelical Christians in the Middle East.[3] He served as an adjunct professor of intelligence studies at Liberty University from 2008 to 2012; in that telling, he attributes the "torture is not Christian" line to the dean who called to offer him the job on Falwell's behalf.[4]

## See also

- [CIA Torture Program Whistleblowing](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/cia-torture-program-whistleblowing)

## Sources

1. 3 Hours with John Kiriakou: CIA Whistleblower on JFK, Conspiracies & Power (2026-06-15), at 52:22. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dfXffvHAnU&t=3142s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-15-jason-jones-3-hours-kiriakou/
2. Former CIA Officer Speaks Out About Hidden Politics (2026-07-07), at 49:31. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osXgMj89FwQ&t=2971s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-07-07-covert-strategies-revealed/
3. 3 Hours with John Kiriakou: CIA Whistleblower on JFK, Conspiracies & Power (2026-06-15), at 52:52. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dfXffvHAnU&t=3172s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-15-jason-jones-3-hours-kiriakou/
4. CIA Spy Breaks Silence on Epstein Cover-Up, Mossad & Trump (2025-07-14), at 1:50:47. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStqERfZbPw&t=6647s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-07-14-danny-jones/

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