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Insider who revealed CIA waterboarding demands Trump pardon
U.S. President Donald Trump in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. REUTERS_Evelyn Hockstein
The Pardon Market and the Price of Telling the Truth
Torture Was Policy, Not Confusion
John Kiriakou exposed the CIA’s use of waterboarding while prisoners were stripped, shackled, deprived of sleep, forced into stress positions, and confined in coffin-sized boxes. The government later imprisoned him for disclosing sensitive information. Abu Zubaydah, whose torture Kiriakou helped reveal, remains at Guantánamo Bay without charges or any prospect of release.
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