John Brennan

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Person.png John Brennan  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornJohn Owen Brennan
1955-09-22
North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materFordham University, University of Texas, Austin
SpouseKathy Pokluda
Member ofKissinger Associates

Employment.png Director of the CIA

In office
March 8, 2013 - Present
Preceded byMichael Morell

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

Career

Barack Obama nominated Brennan as his next director of the CIA on January 7, 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". [1]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.

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 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." [2][3] 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.[4]


 

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

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20171 June 20174 June 2017US
Virginia
Chantilly
The 65th Bilderberg Meeting
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  4. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756


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