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==Obama administration==

==Obama administration==

In 2008 John Brennan was [[CEO]] of Analysis Corp.  While working outside government Brennan hacked into the [[U.S. State Department]] computers to obtain Obama's [[passport]] file.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html </ref> Obama is known to have travelled to [[Pakistan]] in 1981 under the name Barry Soetero using the [[Social Security]] number belonging to another person. Brennan served as an advisor and contributor to the [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|Obama campaign]]. The file was accessed in order to “cauterize” the records of potentially embarrassing information. “They looked at the McCain and Clinton files as well to create confusion,” one knowledgeable source told [[Newsmax]]. “But this was basically an attempt to cauterize the Obama file."  A key witness in a federal probe into passport information stolen from the State Department, Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., was murdered shortly after the hack occurred and was made public by the ''Washington Times''.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/ </ref>

In 2008 John Brennan was [[CEO]] of Analysis Corp.  While working outside government Brennan hacked into the [[U.S. State Department]] computers to obtain Obama's [[passport]] file.sref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html </ref> Obama is known to have travelled to [[Pakistan]] in 1981 under the name Barry Soetero using the [[Social Security]] number belonging to another person. Brennan served as an advisor and contributor to the [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|Obama campaign]]. The file was accessed in order to “cauterize” the records of potentially embarrassing information. “They looked at the McCain and Clinton files as well to create confusion,” one knowledgeable source told [[Newsmax]]. “But this was basically an attempt to cauterize the Obama file."  A key witness in a federal probe into passport information stolen from the State Department, Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., was murdered shortly after the hack occurred and was made public by the ''Washington Times''.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/ </ref>

During the transition Obama nominated Brennan as CIA Director.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2008/11/16/brennan/ John Brennan and Bush’s interrogation/detention policies,] Examining the actual record of Obama's top adviser for intelligence policy, By Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, Nov 16, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/11/hbc-90003909 John Brennan for CIA? Think Again], Scott Horton, ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', November 24, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/ad_20081206_1783.php What's Behind Brennan's Withdrawal? Some former spies say left-leaning bloggers and columnists drove John Brennan out of consideration for CIA director], Shane Harris, ''National Journal Magazine'', Dec. 6, 2008.</ref> The nomination was withdrawn however as Brennan's torture program became public. Brennan went to work inside the [[White House]] on Obama's personal staff.

During the transition Obama nominated Brennan as CIA Director.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2008/11/16/brennan/ John Brennan and Bush’s interrogation/detention policies,] Examining the actual record of Obama's top adviser for intelligence policy, By Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, Nov 16, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/11/hbc-90003909 John Brennan for CIA? Think Again], Scott Horton, ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', November 24, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/ad_20081206_1783.php What's Behind Brennan's Withdrawal? Some former spies say left-leaning bloggers and columnists drove John Brennan out of consideration for CIA director], Shane Harris, ''National Journal Magazine'', Dec. 6, 2008.</ref> The nomination was withdrawn however as Brennan's torture program became public. Brennan went to work inside the [[White House]] on Obama's personal staff.

While cooling his heals outside of government for a brief time after running the Torture program, Brennan hitched his wagon to his ideological kinsman, Barack Hussein Obama, as candidate for President in 2008 over [[John McCain]], whom many viewed as a patriot. Brennan started his own consulting firm, began contributing money to Obama and became an advisor.

While cooling his heals outside of government for a brief time after running the Torture program, Brennan hitched his wagon to his ideological kinsman, Barack Hussein Obama, as candidate for President in 2008 over [[John McCain]], whom many viewed as a patriot. Brennan started his own consulting firm, began contributing money to Obama and became an advisor.

Factually Barack Hussein Obama never obtained a U.S. passport until after he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. As questions arose over how Obama travelled to Pakistan in 1981, under what name and Social Security number, and whether Obama committed crimes in using or failure to report using aiases to secure a passport and later an Illinois State Bar law license, Brennan's consulting firm hacked in to the U.S. State Department to access Obama's passport file. The internal State Department investigator who discovered the hack and was reviewing it was found shot dead on the streets of Washington two weeks later.

Factually Barack Hussein Obama never obtained a U.S. passport until after he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. As questions arose over how Obama travelled to Pakistan in 1981, under what name and Social Security number, and whether Obama committed crimes in using or failure to report using aiases to secure a passport and later an Illinois State Bar law license, Brennan's consulting firm hacked in to the U.S. State Department to access Obama's passport file.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html </ref> The internal State Department investigator who discovered the hack and was reviewing it was found shot dead on the streets of Washington two weeks later.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/ </ref>

===Obama White House===

===Obama White House===