John Kiriakou
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Disclaimer: Inclusion on this page does not imply that this individual had knowledge of, participated in, or committed any illegal or immoral act. This page documents their publicly known connection to the events of September 10, 2025 for investigative reference only.
Living Person Notice: John Kiriakou is a living person. We document what he reportedly said publicly in an interview only, with attribution. We do not assert wrongdoing.
His remarks are cited purely as historical context for a framing some commentators apply to the day Charlie Kirk was killed; the site's physical evidence sits under Cause of Death.
Investigative Value
John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer and whistleblower. His relevance here is contextual, not evidentiary: an interview in which he described a historical CIA MK-Ultra hypnosis experiment is cited in the Gov Mind Control discussion, which examines whether documented government behavioral-control programs are relevant to how a directed patsy could theoretically be produced. Kiriakou is not connected to the events of September 10, 2025; his account is used only as background on historical government capabilities.
The broader thread sits alongside the Proof Intel Services material.
Role — September 10, 2025 (or: Role in the Case)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Described role | Former CIA officer / whistleblower cited for historical context |
| Connection to CK case | None direct — interview account used as mind-control background |
| Status | Alive |
What is reported
- On the Julian Dorey Podcast, John Kiriakou reportedly described a CIA MK-Ultra experiment in which a "walk-in" source in London was placed under hypnosis by agency psychologists and a licensed hypnotist, and was reportedly controlled to the point of keeping an arm raised through a roughly 3-hour session while revealing details he could not consciously recall.
- This account describes a historical program, and there is a minor discrepancy in the recalled duration; no public reporting has been found tying Kiriakou to this specific claim in connection with the Kirk case.
- Counterpoint: This is offered strictly as historical background on documented government capabilities. Nothing connects Kiriakou or the MK-Ultra material to the actual events at UVU; the relevance is thematic and speculative, not evidentiary.
Open Questions
- Is Kiriakou's described MK-Ultra hypnosis account independently documented in the historical record?
- Do any established behavioral-control capabilities have any actual bearing on the events of September 10, 2025, or is the link purely thematic?
- What is the primary source for the specific London hypnosis anecdote he describes?
Status
Status: Alive.
Citizen Investigator Claims and Public Commentary
(The following are attributed claims from public commentary — not findings of criminal guilt.)
Former CIA Whistleblower — MK-Ultra Context Interviews
Cited for interview accounts of hypnosis/MK-Ultra historical claims used by some commentators as mind-control framing context. Historical whistleblowing is not proof of UVU operational involvement.
Interview Excerpt Context
…Demons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZpFleCCTew 1hr 0 seconds. https://x.com/redpillb0t/status/2023194666381058252 =============== (MK Ultra) John Kiriakou & Hypnosis & Take over 3 hours ================== John Kiriakou discussed a related topic in an interview on the J…
… https://x.com/redpillb0t/status/2023194666381058252 =============== (MK Ultra) John Kiriakou & Hypnosis & Take over 3 hours ================== John Kiriakou discussed a related topic in an interview on the Julian Dorey Podcast. He described a CIA experiment under the MK-Ul…
The claims on this page remain attributed and unproven unless independently documented.
Interesting In This Area
- John Ratcliffe appears only in a leadership-change timeline entry.
- Liz Wheeler is on this site as a skeptic.
- Kathryn Nester leads the capital defense in the state case.
- Lance Twiggs was pulled into the record without being charged.
Interesting In Other Areas
- MKUltra is declassified public record, which is why the question survives.
- A 1954 Project Artichoke memo asks whether an assassin could be induced.
- CIA claims include campus profiles reportedly removed two weeks afterwards.
- Havana Syndrome forced government to examine injury at a distance.
Other Pages In This Section
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Tyler Robinson's partner and roommate, charged with nothing, pulled into the record by the state's own investigation. Her messages and her phone became evidence in a case where she is not a defendant.
Read thisThe commentator who took the flight-overlap analysis apart, arguing the matches collapse once the parameters tighten. She is on this site as a skeptic, and the skeptics deserve a page.
Read thisElsewhere In The Investigation

MKUltra Behavioral-Control Program
MKUltra is declassified public record, which is why the programmed-patsy question does not get dismissed out of hand. The page also carries the "Alice in Wonderland" thread — overwhelm a person with contradictions until the first coherent story offered becomes their truth.
Read thisThe one fight where the U.S. government was forced to examine whether people can be injured at a distance by an unacknowledged capability. Nothing connects it to UVU; it is here because the record shows how agencies concede injury while contesting cause.
Read thisThe argument that domestic agencies had the motive, the capability and a documented history — COINTELPRO, Operation CHAOS — plus what investigators say happened after September 10. Its most specific on-record item is a former counterterrorism director saying his foreign-nexus review was ordered stopped.
Read thisSources
- John Kiriakou interview on the Julian Dorey Podcast (MK-Ultra / hypnosis discussion), cited as background context only.
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Interesting
- One account describes a cleanup crew at a scene that should have been preserved.
- Thousands of accounts were allegedly suspended, and one witness says his recording vanished off his phone.
- A FARA filing dated eight days after the killing reportedly covers Israeli government messaging.
