===Brennan interview with Rachel Maddow, August 17, 2018===
===Brennan interview with Rachel Maddow, August 17, 2018===
Maddow: WHILE YOU WERE IN OFFICE AS
Maddow: WHILE YOU WERE IN OFFICE AS
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CIA DIRECTOR BEFORE YOU LEFT ON INAUGURATION DAY, DID YOU CONCLUDE LEVERAGED IN THAT EFFORT?
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CIA DIRECTOR BEFORE YOU LEFT ON INAUGURATION DAY, DID YOU CONCLUDE THAT U.S. PERSONS WERE SUCCESSFULLY LEVERAGED IN THAT EFFORT?
Brennan: NO. AND THAT’S WHY I SAID IN OPEN TESTIMONY THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL GO DOWN A TREASONESS PATH AND THE RUSSIANS ARE VERY
Brennan: NO. AND THAT’S WHY I SAID IN OPEN TESTIMONY THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL GO DOWN A TREASONESS PATH AND THE RUSSIANS ARE VERY