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On 15 August 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] revoked the security clearance of '''John O. Brennan''', the former [[CIA]] director under President [[Barack Obama]], in a striking act of retaliation against an outspoken critic. Citing what he called John Brennan’s “erratic” behaviour and “increasingly frenzied commentary,” President Trump dispatched [[Sarah Sanders|Sarah Huckabee Sanders]], his press secretary, to read a statement saying that Brennan had abused his access to the [[United States]]’ secrets “to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations.”<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/us/politics/john-brennan-security-clearance.html "Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance"]''</ref>
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==Career==
 
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[[Barack Obama]] nominated Brennan as his next director of the CIA on January 7, 2013.
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[[Barack Obama]] nominated Brennan as his next director of the CIA on 7 January 2013.
  
 
[[Morris Davis]], a former Chief Prosecutor for the [[Guantanamo Military Commissions]] compared Brennan to [[Omar Khadr]], who was convicted of "committing murder in violation of the law of war".
 
[[Morris Davis]], a former Chief Prosecutor for the [[Guantanamo Military Commissions]] compared Brennan to [[Omar Khadr]], who was convicted of "committing murder in violation of the law of war".
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<ref name=TheGuardian2013-02-07>http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fcommentisfree%2F2013%2Ffeb%2F08%2Flaw-war-cia-john-brennan-drone-kill-list&date=2013-02-08 | quote   = Jack Goldsmith, former assistant attorney general in the George W Bush administration and now a professor at Harvard Law School, argues the past decade shows that the United States needs a new statutory framework governing how it conducts secret warfare. Perhaps that would be a positive step, but a new domestic statutory scheme would not make a civilian working for a civilian agency a lawful combatant entitled to immunity under the law of war for acts committed outside the United States.
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</ref>He suggested that Brennan's role in targeting individuals for CIA missile strikes was no more authorised than the throwing of the grenade Khadr was accused of.
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| title      = The law of war does not shield the CIA and John Brennan's drone kill list
 
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| quote       = Jack Goldsmith, former assistant attorney general in the George W Bush administration and now a professor at Harvard Law School, argues the past decade shows that the United States needs a new statutory framework governing how it conducts secret warfare. Perhaps that would be a positive step, but a new domestic statutory scheme would not make a civilian working for a civilian agency a lawful combatant entitled to immunity under the law of war for acts committed outside the United States.
 
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</ref>He suggested that Brennan's role in targeting individuals for CIA missile strikes was no more authorized than the throwing of the grenade Khadr was accused of.
 
  
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On February 27, 2013, the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] postponed a vote, expected to be taken the next day on the confirmation of Brennan until the following week. On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12-3.  The Senate was set to vote on Brennan's nomination on March 6, 2013. However, [[Kentucky]] Senator [[Rand Paul]] began a talking Senate [[filibuster]] of the vote, citing President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Obama administration|his administration's]] use of [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle|combat drones]], stating “No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual. It goes against everything that we fundamentally believe in our country." <ref>{{cite news|title=Sen. Paul holds floor for hours in filibuster of CIA nominee, over drone concerns|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/sen-paul-holds-floor-for-hours-in-filibuster-cia-nominee-over-drone-concerns/#ixzz2Mn1R5v2W|newspaper=Fox News|date=March 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=(CSPAN2 VIDEO) Sen. Paul holds floor for over 12 hours in filibuster of CIA nominee|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311354-1|date=March 6, 2013}}</ref> Paul's filibuster continued for 13 hours, after which Brennan was confirmed by a vote of 63-34.
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On 27 February 2013, the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] postponed a vote, expected to be taken the next day on the confirmation of Brennan until the following week. On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12-3.  The Senate was set to vote on Brennan's nomination on 6 March 2013. However, [[Kentucky]] Senator [[Rand Paul]] began a talking Senate [[filibuster]] of the vote, citing President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Obama administration|his administration's]] use of [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle|combat drones]], stating “No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual. It goes against everything that we fundamentally believe in our country." <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/sen-paul-holds-floor-for-hours-in-filibuster-cia-nominee-over-drone-concerns/#ixzz2Mn1R5v2W</ref><ref>http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311354-1</ref> Paul's filibuster continued for 13 hours, after which Brennan was confirmed by a vote of 63-34.
  
 
==Banning of torture==
 
==Banning of torture==
 
John Brennan told NBC News that his agency will not engage in "[[enhanced interrogation]]" practices, including waterboarding — even if ordered to by a future president. "I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," he stated.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756</ref>
 
John Brennan told NBC News that his agency will not engage in "[[enhanced interrogation]]" practices, including waterboarding — even if ordered to by a future president. "I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," he stated.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756</ref>
  
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==Michael Hastings==
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''[[Global Research]]'' wrote in 2017 that "The [[WikiLeaks/Vault 7]] dump strengthens the case against John Brennan, the CIA director that [[Stratfor]] stated was on a witch hunt against journalists when ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reporter [[Michael Hastings]] was suspiciously killed after his late model car was almost certainly remote controlled to speed up to near 100 MPH prior to it exploding in June 2013."<ref>http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-in-turmoil-from-deep-state-insurgency-to-deep-state-spying-wikileaks-vault-7/5578783</ref>
 
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Person.png John Brennan   Powerbase Sourcewatch WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, “terror expert”)
John O. Brennan.jpg
BornJohn Owen Brennan
1955-09-22
North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityUSA
Alma materAmerican University in Cairo, Fordham University, University of Texas (Austin)
SpouseKathy Pokluda
Member ofKissinger Associates
PartyIndependent
DCIA, "terror expert", helped cover-up CIA/Torture

Employment.png Director of the CIA

In office
March 8, 2013 - January 20, 2017
DeputyDavid S. Cohen, Avril Haines
Preceded byMichael Morell
Succeeded byMeroë Park

Employment.png United States Homeland Security Advisor

In office
January 20, 2009 - March 8, 2013
Preceded byKenneth L. Wainstein
Succeeded byLisa Monaco

Employment.png Acting “Director of the National Counterterrorism Center”

In office
August 27, 2004 - August 1, 2005

On 15 August 2018, President Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former CIA director under President Barack Obama, in a striking act of retaliation against an outspoken critic. Citing what he called John Brennan’s “erratic” behaviour and “increasingly frenzied commentary,” President Trump dispatched Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his press secretary, to read a statement saying that Brennan had abused his access to the United States’ secrets “to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations.”[1]

Career

Barack Obama nominated Brennan as his next director of the CIA on 7 January 2013.

Morris Davis, a former Chief Prosecutor for the Guantanamo Military Commissions compared Brennan to Omar Khadr, who was convicted of "committing murder in violation of the law of war". [2]He suggested that Brennan's role in targeting individuals for CIA missile strikes was no more authorised than the throwing of the grenade Khadr was accused of.

On 27 February 2013, the Senate Intelligence Committee postponed a vote, expected to be taken the next day on the confirmation of Brennan until the following week. On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12-3. The Senate was set to vote on Brennan's nomination on 6 March 2013. However, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul began a talking Senate filibuster of the vote, citing President Barack Obama and his administration's use of combat drones, stating “No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual. It goes against everything that we fundamentally believe in our country." [3][4] Paul's filibuster continued for 13 hours, after which Brennan was confirmed by a vote of 63-34.

Banning of torture

John Brennan told NBC News that his agency will not engage in "enhanced interrogation" practices, including waterboarding — even if ordered to by a future president. "I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," he stated.[5]

Michael Hastings

Global Research wrote in 2017 that "The WikiLeaks/Vault 7 dump strengthens the case against John Brennan, the CIA director that Stratfor stated was on a witch hunt against journalists when Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings was suspiciously killed after his late model car was almost certainly remote controlled to speed up to near 100 MPH prior to it exploding in June 2013."[6]

 

A Quote by John Brennan

PageQuoteDateSource
Woke“I’m increasingly embarrassed to be a white male these days with what I see other white males say”March 2021New York Post

 

An appointment by John Brennan

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Meroë ParkCIA/Executive DirectorMay 20132017

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteDate
CIA/Torture“[T]he CIA inspector general’s office recently admitted to ‘mistakenly’ destroying their only copy of the classified report. Although CIA Director John Brennan possesses another copy of the torture report, he refuses to send a replacement to the internal watchdog’s office.”17 May 2016

 

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Bilderberg/20171 June 20174 June 2017US
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Chantilly		The 65th Bilderberg Meeting
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References

  1. ↑ "Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance"
  2. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fcommentisfree%2F2013%2Ffeb%2F08%2Flaw-war-cia-john-brennan-drone-kill-list&date=2013-02-08 | quote = Jack Goldsmith, former assistant attorney general in the George W Bush administration and now a professor at Harvard Law School, argues the past decade shows that the United States needs a new statutory framework governing how it conducts secret warfare. Perhaps that would be a positive step, but a new domestic statutory scheme would not make a civilian working for a civilian agency a lawful combatant entitled to immunity under the law of war for acts committed outside the United States.
  3. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/sen-paul-holds-floor-for-hours-in-filibuster-cia-nominee-over-drone-concerns/#ixzz2Mn1R5v2W
  4. ↑ http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311354-1
  5. ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756
  6. ↑ http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-in-turmoil-from-deep-state-insurgency-to-deep-state-spying-wikileaks-vault-7/5578783
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