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> [I think the president, very simply, has never read a copy of the Constitution. I think that that's true. He's just never bothered to read the Constitution, and he just has no understanding and appreciation of the First Amendment's protections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/i-think-the-president-very-simply-has-never-read-a-copy-of-the/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

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## More by John Kiriakou

> [Immediately after the September 11th attacks, I volunteered to go to Afghanistan in any capacity that the CIA wanted me. Four months passed before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/immediately-after-the-september-11th-attacks-i-volunteered-to-go-to/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [It's not up to Google, it's not up to Apple to turn over our personal communications in order to save the country. It's up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/it-s-not-up-to-google-it-s-not-up-to-apple-to-turn-over-our-personal/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [I can remember only a small handful of instances in which I talked about politics with my parents. I remember my parents telling me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/i-can-remember-only-a-small-handful-of-instances-in-which-i-talked/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [If the CIA is going to disrupt future terrorist attacks, it needs to recruit spies to infiltrate those groups in order to disrupt the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/if-the-cia-is-going-to-disrupt-future-terrorist-attacks-it-needs-to/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [The CIA has transformed from an organization created to recruit spies to steal secrets, into a paramilitary organization, a paramilitary force. It's not supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/the-cia-has-transformed-from-an-organization-created-to-recruit-spies/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [I've never heard a White House staff say that the president was too stupid or too ill-informed to have broken the law. And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/i-ve-never-heard-a-white-house-staff-say-that-the-president-was-too/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [The truth of the matter is, we can certainly fight against terrorism and fight terrorist groups around the world without having to give up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/the-truth-of-the-matter-is-we-can-certainly-fight-against-terrorism/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [You can't just blurt the information out to the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador. What happens is, the information goes back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/you-can-t-just-blurt-the-information-out-to-the-russian-foreign/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [I had never really given any thought to working for the CIA, but graduation was upon me; I was getting married just a week…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/i-had-never-really-given-any-thought-to-working-for-the-cia-but/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [The big issue is this incremental whittling away of our constitutional rights, our most important constitutional rights, including freedom of speech. This is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/the-big-issue-is-this-incremental-whittling-away-of-our/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [I think the president, very simply, has never read a copy of the Constitution. I think that that's true. He's just never bothered to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/i-think-the-president-very-simply-has-never-read-a-copy-of-the/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [It's much less romantic in that you have to go to www.cia.gov and click "Apply Now." For me it was much more clandestine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/it-s-much-less-romantic-in-that-you-have-to-go-to-www-cia-gov-and/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

> [Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/even-if-torture-works-it-cannot-be-tolerated-not-in-one-case-or-a/)

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