Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison by John Kiriakou

Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison by John Kiriakou

Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison (2017) is a memoir by former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou.

In 2007, Kiriakou became the first former CIA official to publicly confirm that the agency used waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects, calling the technique torture. The Obama administration subsequently prosecuted him, and he ultimately served 23 months in a low-security federal correctional institution in Loretto, Pennsylvania. The book details how he adapted espionage, operational counterintelligence, and survival strategies learned at the CIA to navigate the federal prison system.

Kiriakou argues that the skills required to survive as a covert intelligence officer in hostile foreign environments—counter-surveillance, human asset recruitment, threat assessment, psychological manipulation, and operational security—are directly transferable to life inside a prison.

Language: English.

Genre: True Crime.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).