There are plenty of secrets hiding inside the US government that most of us will likely never know, with some reserved for only the highest level of clearance. As conspiracy theories continue to swirl about JFK's assassination, Area 51, and the Moon landing decades after they occurred, some of us are obsessed with digging deep in search of what we think is the real truth.
Agencies like the FBI, CIA, and NSA are full of secrets that we'll never know, but as they're tasked with keeping us safe, most of us are happy living in ignorance.
That doesn't mean we don't like to hear from whistleblowers, with John Kiriakou giving us a rare peek behind the curtain.
As you know from the hype, any time the CIA declassifies files, there's a lot of interest in what goes on behind closed doors.
Speaking to Steven Bartlett on his Diary of a CEO podcast, Kirakou revealed why he blew the whistle on the CIA and dived deep into subjects ranging from how many spies there are in the USA to the truth behind lie detectors, whether Jeffrey Epstein was a spy, and more.
One of the most fascinating sections includes Kirakou getting real on what things the average US citizen will never know.
Barlett explains that before he started interviewing people in the spy world, he simply thought having a password on a device meant it was secure. Now, he's not so sure.
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