Doing Time Like a Spy cover art

Doing Time Like a Spy

How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options
Buy Now for £15.28

Buy Now for £15.28

About this listen

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners.

Doing Time Like a Spy is Kiriakou's memoir of his 23 months in prison. Using 20 life skills he learned in CIA operational training, he was able to keep himself safe and at the top of the prison social heap. Including his award-winning blog series "Letters from Loretto", Doing Time Like a Spy is at once a searing journal of daily prison life and an alternately funny and heartbreaking commentary on the federal prison system.

©2017 John Kiriakou (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Freedom & Security Middle East Politics & Government Social Sciences World Espionage Crime Funny
All stars
Most relevant
great book . very well read . interesting story. well done John for standing your ground and I wish you all the best in the future

great voice match to the author

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
such a good book, very funny situations , some real dumb asses in jail. lots of chomos, I bet he was glad to see the back of that lot

very entertaining book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very Interesting. I would highly recommend. Followed his case as it happened, youtube him and learn about his book/case, and then come back and read this!

A Great Read.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed this book and it gave good detail and a frank view of the authors experience.

I did find it repetitive in several parts which didn’t seem add any value.

Interesting book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is fast paced read. i found it interesting. I recommend it. very good.

good read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews