John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou met Karen Giorno, a former senior campaign adviser to then US President Donald Trump, at his lawyer's officer in early July 2018.

In 2019, John Kiriakou, a former CIA analyst and case officer jailed for revealing to a reporter the use of waterboarding in the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects, sought a pardon from President Donald Trump. This had been revealed then by the Washington Times.

I rang the doorbell of John Kiriakou's home shorty after noon. It was around Halloween and the entrance to his suburban Washington house was decorated with witches, pumpkins and black netting. He opened the door wearing jeans, a T-shirt and socks, holding a cup of coffee in one hand.