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===Obama White House===

===Obama White House===

[[File:P050310PS-0374POD.jpg|250px|thumb|John Brennan with President Obama. Brennan was an advocate for the U.S. Government's torture program.]]

[[File:P050310PS-0374POD.jpg|250px|thumb|John Brennan with President Obama. Brennan was an advocate for the U.S. Government's torture program.]]

Brennan served as the "Terrorism Czar," sometimes called "Homeland Security Czar," but with the formal title as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.<ref>[http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/ Rise of the Czars], FOXNews.com, June 9th, 2009.</ref><ref name=GB>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/ List of Obama's Czars], GlennBeck.com, August 21, 2009.</ref> Appointed in January 2009, Brennan reported to National Security Adviser James L. Jones. Under [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] plan, the homeland security adviser’s office would be eliminated, and the National Security Council would take over those duties.<ref name=GB/> The public was told Brennan would be responsible for guarding against natural disasters and terrorism. As Homeland Security Advisor, he was set about killing terrorists abroad while keeping the lid on [[Obama administration]] activities at home.

Brennan served as the "Terrorism Czar," sometimes called "Homeland Security Czar," but with the formal title as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.<ref name=GB>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/ List of Obama's Czars], GlennBeck.com, August 21, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/ Rise of the Czars], FOXNews.com, June 9th, 2009.</ref> Appointed in January 2009, Brennan reported to National Security Adviser James L. Jones. Under [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] plan, the homeland security adviser’s office would be eliminated, and the National Security Council would take over those duties.<ref name=GB/> The public was told Brennan would be responsible for guarding against natural disasters and terrorism. As Homeland Security Advisor, he was set about killing terrorists abroad while keeping the lid on [[Obama administration]] activities at home.

On September 21, 2010 an internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at the “global intelligence” company Stratfor claimed Obama’s White House adviser John Brennan was targeting [[journalist]]s.

On September 21, 2010 an internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at the “global intelligence” company Stratfor claimed Obama’s White House adviser John Brennan was targeting [[journalist]]s.

===James Risen===

===James Risen===

In April of 2010 Obama Attn. Gen. [[Eric Holder]] renewed a subpoena of ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter James Risen in a leak investigation. Risen and a colleague reported on warrantless wiretaps. The coverage won Risen and colleague a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for “carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate.” The Justice Dept. opened an investigation into the wiretap stories. John Brennan played a key role in the illegal wiretap program, overseeing the production of what personnel in the program called the “scary memos” intended to justify the domestic spying exposed by Risen. Brennan later admitted that he relied on information from CIA’s torture program rather than domestic spying, which was used as a cover. In a frontpage May 13, 2004 story the torture program was exposed with Risen as the lead reporter. The subpeaona of Risen is viewed as retribution and an intimidation tactic against whistleblowers.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/government-war-against-reporter-james-risen/ </ref>

In April 2010 Obama Attn. Gen. [[Eric Holder]] renewed a subpoena of ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter James Risen in a leak investigation. Risen and a colleague reported on warrantless wiretaps. The coverage won Risen and colleague a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for “carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate.” The Justice Dept. opened an investigation into the wiretap stories. John Brennan played a key role in the illegal wiretap program, overseeing the production of what personnel in the program called the “scary memos” intended to justify the domestic spying exposed by Risen. Brennan later admitted that he relied on information from CIA’s torture program rather than domestic spying, which was used as a cover. In a frontpage May 13, 2004 story the torture program was exposed with Risen as the lead reporter. The subpeaona of Risen is viewed as retribution and an intimidation tactic against whistleblowers.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/government-war-against-reporter-james-risen/</ref>

===CIA torture program===

===CIA torture program===