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John Brennan was the CIA deputy executive director from 2001 to 2003. Brennan is known to be a staunch supporter of the [[FISA|Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Program]], and has defended the use of [[extraordinary rendition]], saying it is "an absolutely vital tool."<ref name=GB/> He was previously director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center from 2004 through 2005. Brennan also worked at Analysis Corp, from 2005 to 2008.  

John Brennan was the CIA deputy executive director from 2001 to 2003. Brennan is known to be a staunch supporter of the [[FISA|Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Program]], and has defended the use of [[extraordinary rendition]], saying it is "an absolutely vital tool."<ref name=GB/> He was previously director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center from 2004 through 2005. Brennan also worked at Analysis Corp, from 2005 to 2008.  

On November 2, 2007, Brennan defended the Bush/Cheney [[torture]] program:

On November 2, 2007, Brennan defended the [[torture]] program:

{{Cquote|the C.I.A. has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what the C.I.A. refers to as enhanced interrogation tactics, and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures ... There have been a lot of information that has come out from these interrogation procedures that the agency has in fact used against the real hard-core terrorists. It has saved lives. And let's not forget, these are hardened terrorists who have been responsible for 9/11, who have shown no remorse at all for the deaths of 3,000 innocents.<ref>''The Early Show'' on [[CBS]], John Brennan interview with Harry Smith. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/07/us/politics/07brennan-issues.html]</ref>}}

{{Cquote|the C.I.A. has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what the C.I.A. refers to as enhanced interrogation tactics, and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures ... There have been a lot of information that has come out from these interrogation procedures that the agency has in fact used against the real hard-core terrorists. It has saved lives. And let's not forget, these are hardened terrorists who have been responsible for 9/11, who have shown no remorse at all for the deaths of 3,000 innocents.<ref>''The Early Show'' on [[CBS]], John Brennan interview with Harry Smith. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/07/us/politics/07brennan-issues.html]</ref>}}