How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid: A CIA Insider's Guide

by John Kiriakou

With an experienced CIA officer as your teacher, you’ll gain the knowledge and necessary tools to protect yourself and the ones you love.No matter where we go, we leave tracks and clues of our existence without even knowing. Our electronic footprint becomes our invisible trail. In this day in age where the world seems to be at our fingertips and social media plays a huge role in our daily lives, it’s hard not to leave part of our digital selves for others to find.Whether you’re fascinated by the idea of disappearing, want to erase your digital footprint, or simply concerned about your safety and privacy, knowing how to become invisible is a survival skill that will come in handy.Through the easy-to-follow instructions, tips, tricks, and professional anecdotes in How to Disappear and Live off the A CIA Insider's Guide, you’ll learn to vanish without a trace from John Kiriakou, a former CIA counterterrorism officer and senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee responsible for the capture of Abu Zubaydah. 

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 24, 2022

About the author

John served in the Central Intelligence Agency first as an analyst, and later as a counterterrorism operations officer, from 1990-2004. He spent much of his career working on Iraq and the Persian Gulf. In 1997 he changed career tracks from analysis to operations and moved to Athens, Greece, where he worked against the notorious terrorist group “Revolutionary Organization 17 November.” He became chief of counterterrorist operations in Pakistan following the September 11 attacks, and his tour climaxed in the March 2002 capture of Abu Zubaydah, then believed to be al-Qa’ida’s third-ranking official.

John Kiriakou became an anti-torture whistleblower and activist when he told ABC News in December 2007 that the CIA was torturing prisoners, that that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy was approved by the President.

John eventually was charged with three counts of espionage, one count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and one count of making a false statement as a result of the 2007 ABC News interview. Even though he had no criminal intent, and there was no harm to the national security, accepting the plea resulted in a sentence of 30 months in prison.

Reviews

[Sharon Zink · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, very practical. It would be hard and nearly impossible to run away.

[Joseph Carrabis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book generally weak with some outstanding strong points. The good parts truly outweighed the bad.
Authors should consider this a resource book. Lots of good information for character background/development should you need it.

[Jeff Ragan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly organized, rambling, full of gramatical errors and typos - save the time and money and move on.

[Elena Davila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting title and topic, but otherwise bogged down by the spelling/grammatical errors and poor organization of the text in general. Useful information.

[Writer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like John’s interviews and history but this book is not a good manual, more of common sense and some tales.

[Brian Elwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great peek into a different lifestyle

This was an interesting read. Most of this really would not be obvious to the average person. Yet a lot of the techniques are relatively simple. Great if you ever need this, or are doing research for a novel.

[Eugene Bowers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. It gave me a clear indication of how closely big brother is watching.