Doing Time Like a Spy

How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison

By: John Kiriakou

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

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

Really brings to light problems that need addressed

what a great listen was educational informative about our current systems has some funny moments and many great lessons

The authenticity

Reading this is much better than serving time. Two thumbs up for the enjoyable read.

Great book!

Very eye opening to our corrupt government and how poorly run our prison system is

One small criticism

My only criticism is, it is not a shot collar. it is a shock collar.

Learn All You Need to Know About CIA Training and Prison Life

This is a great book that provides outstanding insights into the injustice that John Kiriakou and his family had to endure, when he became a ‘whistleblower’ in revealing the CIA’s torture program. The book also provides great insights into other challenges we face, the (In) Justice system, prison reform and moral decay. Well written and superbly narrated! Enthusiastically recommended!