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In 2007, [[Avril Haines]] joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Majority deputy chief counsel.  Joe Biden was then chairman. When Biden became Vice President, Haines followed him to the White House, working from 2010 to 2013 as the president’s top lawyer on the [[National Security Council]].

In 2007, [[Avril Haines]] joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Majority deputy chief counsel.  Joe Biden was then chairman. When Biden became Vice President, Haines followed him to the White House, working from 2010 to 2013 as the president’s top lawyer on the [[National Security Council]].

Although she had never worked at the [[CIA]], [[CCP]] connected director [[John Brennan]]<ref>Javers, Eamon (February 6, 2013). [https://www.cnbc.com/id/100440555 In Brennan's Private Sector Stint, a Chinese Connection]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>  appointed Haines CIA Deputy Director, a position she held from 2013 to 2015.  Haines authorized drone strikes in the greater [[Middle East]] on names from [[Obama]]'s kill list to carry out Brennan’s targeted extrajudicial assassinations of people from any country, including the [[United States]].  According to CIA [[whistleblower]] John Kiriakou, who exposed the CIA torture program, “It was Avril that decided whether it was [[legal]] to incinerate someone from the sky. We know that in almost all cases, she said it was legal to put these names on the kill list, and people were subsequently killed by drone, including American citizens.”  Kiriakou said she regularly approved the drone bombings that killed not only suspected terrorists but also entire families, including children, who died as collateral damage.<ref>Friedersdorf, Conor (March 14, 2016). [https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/473541/ The Obama Administration's Drone-Strike Dissembling]. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>

Although she had never worked at the [[CIA]], [[CCP]] connected director [[John Brennan]]<ref>Javers, Eamon (February 6, 2013). [https://www.cnbc.com/id/100440555 In Brennan's Private Sector Stint, a Chinese Connection]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>  appointed Haines CIA Deputy Director, a position she held from 2013 to 2015.  Haines authorized drone strikes in the greater [[Middle East]] on names from Obama's kill list to carry out Brennan’s targeted extrajudicial assassinations of people from any country, including the [[United States]].  According to CIA [[whistleblower]] John Kiriakou, who exposed the CIA torture program, “It was Avril that decided whether it was [[legal]] to incinerate someone from the sky. We know that in almost all cases, she said it was legal to put these names on the kill list, and people were subsequently killed by drone, including American citizens.”  Kiriakou said she regularly approved the drone bombings that killed not only suspected terrorists but also entire families, including children, who died as collateral damage.<ref>Friedersdorf, Conor (March 14, 2016). [https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/473541/ The Obama Administration's Drone-Strike Dissembling]. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>

The first week after [[Peter Strzok]] formally began the [[Crossfire Hurricane]] investigation into [[Donald Trump]], FBI director [[James Comey]] met with [[President Obama]] in the [[Oval Office]] for a private one-on-one meeting. [[Susan Rice]], Haines and [[Lisa Monaco]] began convening meetings in the White House Situation Room, which would later be referred to as “Deputies Meetings”. These meetings were initially attended by John Brennan, [[James Clapper]], Comey and [[Loretta Lynch]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] eventually joined the Deputies Meetings.<ref>Miller, Greg; Nakashima, Ellen; Entous, Adam (June 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/ Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault]. ''Washington Post''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>  The Crossfire Hurricane investigation team, in conjunction with a number of agents at the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) under US Attorney [[Dana Boente]], reported to Brennan's Working Group,<ref>Apuzzo, Matt; Goldman, Adam; Fandos, Nicholas (May 16, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref> including the CIA. During this time, they investigated the four main targets of Crossfire Hurricane, [[George Papadopoulos]], [[Carter Page]], [[Michael Flynn]], [[Paul Manafort]] and they also investigated [[Roger Stone]] as part of their expanded [[WikiLeaks]] investigation.

The first week after [[Peter Strzok]] formally began the [[Crossfire Hurricane]] investigation into [[Donald Trump]], FBI director [[James Comey]] met with [[President Obama]] in the [[Oval Office]] for a private one-on-one meeting. Susan Rice, Haines and [[Lisa Monaco]] began convening meetings in the White House Situation Room, which would later be referred to as “Deputies Meetings”. These meetings were initially attended by John Brennan, [[James Clapper]], Comey and [[Loretta Lynch]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] eventually joined the Deputies Meetings.<ref>Miller, Greg; Nakashima, Ellen; Entous, Adam (June 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/ Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault]. ''Washington Post''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref>  The Crossfire Hurricane investigation team, in conjunction with a number of agents at the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) under US Attorney [[Dana Boente]], reported to Brennan's Working Group,<ref>Apuzzo, Matt; Goldman, Adam; Fandos, Nicholas (May 16, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 3, 2021.</ref> including the CIA. During this time, they investigated the four main targets of Crossfire Hurricane, [[George Papadopoulos]], [[Carter Page]], [[Michael Flynn]], [[Paul Manafort]] and they also investigated [[Roger Stone]] as part of their expanded [[WikiLeaks]] investigation.

In Oct. 2019, while a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Haines was one of the “Players” in Event 201. The event, sponsored by the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], The [[World Economic Forum]], and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a [[pandemic]] tabletop exercise that simulated a series of dramatic, scenario-based facilitated discussions, confronting difficult, true-to-life dilemmas associated with response to a hypothetical, but scientifically plausible, [[pandemic]].

In Oct. 2019, while a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Haines was one of the “Players” in Event 201. The event, sponsored by the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], The [[World Economic Forum]], and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a [[pandemic]] tabletop exercise that simulated a series of dramatic, scenario-based facilitated discussions, confronting difficult, true-to-life dilemmas associated with response to a hypothetical, but scientifically plausible, [[pandemic]].