John Kiriakou's Briefing Room
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Pete Hegseth narrowly survived an impeachment vote, 211 to 204. Democrats may have had the votes to win, but eleven of them didn’t even show up. With a margin of just seven votes, where was Hakeem Jeffries? And with…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the man behind the chips powering the entire AI boom, just admitted to an affair with a woman U.S. intelligence believes is a Chinese spy. Her company bought $4.8 billion worth of Nvidia chips.…
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Welcome to day two of our Election Results coverage. Democrats didn’t just flip the House. They gutted it, renovated it, brought in an exorcist and then flipped it. They could end up with 253 House seats and 56 in the…
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Welcome to our Briefing Room Election Results special. Democrats have taken control of Congress, and it’s a much bigger win than anyone predicted. Statistically, it’s the Democrats’ most successful election since 1974.…
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On today’s Election Day special of The Briefing Room, I start with a milestone: our episode “What Really Happened on October 7th” just passed a million views. That’s a fitting moment, right after the Israeli elections.…
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Netanyahu’s coalition just lost its majority, so why might he stay in power for months? On this election edition of The Briefing Room, former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou breaks down the week’s biggest…
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Years ago, a journalist I trusted gave me up to the FBI, and I went to prison for it. Now that same reporter, Matthew Cole, is reporting that Russian and Dutch intelligence got inside Jared Kushner's personal phone.…
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This election season is officially spiraling out of hand as massive campaign cash and international political maneuvers collide. Days away from Israel's high-stakes October 27th election, Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting…
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John Kiriakou for U.S. Ambassador to Greece? What started as a pitch to President Trump has officially gone international. Major Greek newspapers are covering John's campaign to become the next U.S. ambassador to…
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Is President Trump waiting until after the midterms to launch another round of strikes in the Middle East?On today's episode of John Kiriakou's Briefing Room, we break down Trump's extraordinary warning to the Houthis…
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- Oldest episode in feed
- 07/2026
- Typical length
- 42 min
- Format
- Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
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