# S2E1 Welcome To Loretto

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Podcast: [John Kiriakou's Dead Drop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-kiriakou-s-dead-drop-7529115)
Published: 2026-05-18T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/john-kiriakous-dead-drop/episodes/s2e1-welcome-to-loretto
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## Resource

THE BLURB: In season one, we told the story of how CIA counter terrorism officer John Kiriakou chose to tell ABC journalist Jonathan Ross the truth - that the CIA had tortured and waterboarded detainees like Abu Zubaydah. The CIA went on the warpath against John, finally forcing him to accept a plea deal of thirty months reducible to 23 months in federal prison. In season two, John arrives at Loretto Federal Prison and enters a world unlike anything he'd ever encountered before. Though John had expected to serve his sentence at a "Club Fed" style work camp, the Bureau of Prisons chose instead to put John in a more prison-like prison with drug dealers, mafiosi and child molesters. Every bit of John's training as a spy would serve him well as a prisoner. SHOW NOTES If you are enjoying Dead Drop, please check out our other podcasts at Costard & Touchstone . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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