Marc Lamont Hill interviewed former CIA agent and whistleblower John Kiriakou on August 2, 2026, discussing the CIA's history and current state of intelligence operations in the United States. Kiriakou, who exposed the CIA’s use of waterboarding in the early 2000s and was the only person imprisoned related to the program, highlighted the agency’s long history of covert operations and foreign interventions.

The interview raised critical questions about whether the CIA has truly changed over the years and what its actions reveal about intelligence, secrecy, and accountability within the United States today. This conversation was featured on Al Jazeera’s program UpFront.

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