The Ex-CIA Agent Going Viral Asking for a Trump Pardon

John Kiriakou, a 61-year-old ex-CIA officer imprisoned in 2013 for leaking classified information about the agency's torture program, has gone viral on TikTok through podcast clip edits. He has been campaigning for a presidential pardon to restore his $700,000 pension and is now leveraging popular podcasts like Diary of a CEO, Tucker Carlson, and Joe Rogan to gain public support. Clips of his stories about CIA operations and programs like MKUltra have garnered tens of millions of views across social media platforms.