"I had 20 years of proud federal service. My pension was $700,000. Without that pension, I'm going to have to work until the day I die. It was wrong of them to take it from me, and I want it back. I can only get it back with a pardon."
"Kiriakou has applied through official channels and tried navigating President Donald Trump's informal and expensive clemency market. So far, his requests have gone unanswered."
John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, gained unexpected attention on TikTok due to viral podcast clips. He served from 1990 to 2004 and was involved in the capture of Abu Zubaydah, later discussing CIA torture methods. After pleading guilty to disclosing a covert operative's identity, he completed his prison sentence in 2015. Kiriakou is now pursuing a presidential pardon to regain his lost pension of $700,000, which he believes was unjustly taken from him, and has faced challenges in his clemency requests.
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