The National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 made it legal for the first time in U.S. history for the American government to propagandize its own citizens.
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Theo raises the elephant in the room: why should anyone trust a former CIA officer? Kiriakou's response is his most direct of the interview — he went to prison for telling the truth, and that fact separates him from people still running cover. He describes dismissing the 'once CIA, always CIA' crowd and pointing out that he served 23 months in a federal prison facility after being charged with three counts of espionage for speaking to ABC News and the New York Times about the torture program. The CIA was so furious about his light sentence at a minimum-security work camp that they intervened to have him transferred to a low-security prison with double walls. His wife visited every month with their children throughout his sentence.
It was always illegal for the U.S. government to propagandize its own citizens. That changed with the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which also gave the government power to issue national security letters bypassing judicial oversight on data collection. Kiriakou says most Americans have no idea either provision exists.
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