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==Education==

==Education==

John Brennan graduated from [[Fordham University]] in 1977 after a year of intensive [[Arabic]] and Middle Eastern studies in [[Cairo]]. He earned his J.D. from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] before joining the [[CIA|Central Intelligence Agency]] as an intelligence director in 1980. He is a CIA veteran and fluent Arabic speaker.<ref name=GB/>

John Brennan graduated from [[Fordham University]] in 1977 after a year of intensive [[Arabic]] and Middle Eastern studies in [[Cairo]]. He earned his J.D. from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] before joining the [[CIA|Central Intelligence Agency]] as an intelligence director in 1980. He is a CIA veteran and fluent Arabic speaker.<ref name=GB/> When joining, he had also taken a polygraph test, and also admitted to have voted for the American Communist Party candidate [[Gus Hall]] during the Presidential Election.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/politics/cia-director-once-voted-for-communist-presidential-candidate/</ref>

In his 1980 graduate thesis at the University of Texas at Austin, John Brennan denied the existence of “absolute [[human rights]]” and argued in favor of [[censorship]] on the part of the [[Egyptian]] [[dictator]]ship.

In his 1980 graduate thesis at the University of Texas at Austin, John Brennan denied the existence of “absolute [[human rights]]” and argued in favor of [[censorship]] on the part of the [[Egyptian]] [[dictator]]ship.