Episode
A broken whistle: Conversation with a CIA whistleblower
- Podcast
- The Whistleblowers
- Published
- May 17, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1668
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Summary
May 1, 2024 05:49 A broken whistle: Conversation with a CIA whistleblower Pedro Orta is a highly-decorated former CIA officer. In 18 years in the agency, he won eight Exceptional Performance awards for his work in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, and in the US Office of the Inspector General, working, ironically, on whistleblower issues. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with Pedro Orta about how he took on a political issue from inside the CIA, and what he did when he saw evidence the CIA was seeking to undermine a sitting president.