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'''John Brennan''' (born September 22, 1955), a [[Leftist]] who has publicly admitted that he once voted for a USSR-supported [[Communist Party]] candidate for president,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/index.html</ref> served as [[Barack Obama]]'s [[CIA]] Director and was one of the masterminds behind the [[Trump-Russia scandal]]. John Brennan did more than anyone to promulgate and weaponized weaponize false intelligence information from the [[Steele dossier]] against [[Donald Trump]].
<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/former_cia_director_brennan_under_investigation_for_perjury.html#ixzz57cAPDPOi] </ref> Brennan is both a [[statism|statist]] who recognizes no higher moral authority than government, and an opportunist who betrayed the [[War on Terror]] for personal career ambition.
While serving two presidents in the immediate 16 years after the [[9/11]], Brennan helped breed more [[jihad]]is and countless victims of terror than when he started to fulfill his personal career ambition to become [[CIA]] Director. Brennan managed the "kill list" for President Barack Obama.
As widespread criticism mounted over the [[Obama administration]]'s arming of the [[Islamic State]], Brennan was among the prime ''[[coup]]'' plotters to sabotage the presidency of [[Donald Trump]] , who vowed to altar alter the [[foreign policy]] direction that Obama, Brennan, and [[globalist]]s set for America.Brennan enlisted a network of foreign intelligence operatives to interfere in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Under Brennan's watch as CIA director, more than 70 CIA assets were systematically identified and slaughtered in China and Iran.<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/07/6-questions-huge-cia-blunder-allowed-enemies-kill-70-u-s-spies</ref>
==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/> When joining, he had also taken a polygraph test, and also admitted to have voted for the American Communist Party candidate [[Gus Hall]] for president at the height of communist [[Cambodian genocide]].<ref>httphttps://freebeacon.com/politics/cia-director-once-voted-for-communist-presidential-candidate/</ref> The CPUSA and the [[Khmer Rouge]] who carried out the [[genocide]] of 3,000,000 innocent people where both established by the [[Moscow]]-directed [[Communist International]].
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.
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:{{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. [httphttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/07/us/politics/07brennan-issues.html]</ref>}}
Brennan told [[ABC]], "Our review indicates that interrogations of detainees on whom EITs [enhanced interrogation techniques] were used did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists, and save lives."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cia-pushes-back-assertion-overstated-intelligence-detention-program/story?id=27486128|title=CIA Pushes Back on Assertion That It Overstated Intelligence From Detention Program|author=ABC News|work=ABC News}}</ref>
Under both the Bush and Obama administrations, Brennan allowed rumors of illegal domestic surveillance to circulate as a ploy to disguise the real source of his information - the CIA Torture Program, which he managed.
[[Daniel Pipes]] has described John Brennan as "[[sycophant]]ic" in his zeal to please his master.<ref>[http://www.proconservative.net/PCVol11Is175PipesObamaCounterterrorism.shtml]</ref>
===Hacking the State Department===
While cooling his heals outside of government for a brief time because of the controversy over the Torture program, Brennan hitched his wagon to his ideological kinsman,<ref>Both are rumored to be communists and Muslims.</ref> 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.<ref>http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2012/03/obama-passportgate-history.html?m=1</ref> As questions arose over how Obama travelled to Pakistan in 1981,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411230203/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obamas-college.html]</ref> under what name and Social Security number, and whether Obama committed crimes in using or failure to report using aliases 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>httphttps://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html </ref> A whistleblower who worked for Brennan and was talking to the FBI was found shot dead on the streets of Washington two weeks later.<ref>httphttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/ </ref><ref>https://truepundit.com/intel-operative-who-altered-obamas-passport-records-turned-fbi-informant-on-boss-john-brennan-then-turned-up-murdered-in-d-c/</ref>
===Obama White House===
The controvercy over warrantless wiretaps was always only cover for the the real source where information was gained - Brennan's torture program. At the same time it served public notice Americans had to surrender some freedoms and civil liberties to a group of insiders who knew what was best for them. Legalities didn't matter anymore.
During "a profanity-laced screaming match at the [[White House]]" in August 2009<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8398902 Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House], Matthew Cole, Richard Espisito, and Brian Ross, ''[[ABC News]]'', August 24, 2009.</ref> [[CIA]] Director [[Leon Panetta]] protested Obama's decision to create a team of interrogators overseen by the White House.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112169988 ''White House To Oversee New Interrogation Team''], Dina Temple-Raston, npr.org August 24, 2009.</ref> Responsibility for interrogations of suspects was shifted away from the CIA, and the White House National Security Council staff given direct control.<ref>[httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302598.html ''New Unit to Question Key Terror Suspects - Move Shifts Interrogation Oversight From the CIA to the White House]'', Anne E. Kornblut, ''[[Washington Post]]'', August 24, 2009.</ref> Brennan was placed in charge of the program.
Unlike executive departments and agencies such as the [[Department of Justice]], [[FBI]], and CIA, the National Security Council staff are not subject to Congressional oversight, and operate outside the spotlight of public view.<ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/j-e-dyer/78202 National Security Council Reloaded], J. E. Dyer, ''Commentary blog'', 08.25.2009.</ref><ref>Tower Commission Report, p. 13.</ref> The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] made this point during the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|elections of 2008]] when the George W. Bush NSC staff was involved only in decisions and authorizations and before the Obama NSC staff took on an operational role.<ref>[httphttps://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/35595prs20080610.html?s_src=RSS ACLU Urges Congress to Examine White House National Security Council as Central Decision-Maker on Torture], ACLU Press Release, (6/10/2008).</ref>
After some successful operations such as the [[Abbottabad raid]], Obama re-nominated Brennan to take over CIA in 2013.<ref>[httphttps://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/07/the-right-or-wrong-experience-for-the-job/by-nominating-john-brennan-obama-is-ignoring-war-crimes By Nominating John Brennan, Obama is Ignoring War Crimes], Glenn Greenwald, ''NY Times'', January 8, 2013.</ref>
===Re-election gimmick: killing bin Laden===
[[File:Jihad recruiting poster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In 2001, estimates of Muslim males, ages 12 to 28, susceptible to recruiting for jihad were 12,000 globally; as Brennan left office in 2017 the Obama administration was boasting of having killed 50,000 ISIS jihadis out of force estimated no larger than 15,000 two and half years earlier. And the US was still fighting jihadis.]]
Killing bin Laden was never an objective or priority of the Bush administration. Knowing full well Islam is a doctrine of vengence - not love or forgiveness - the [[War on Terror]] was stipulated from the beginning to be about prevention, not retribution. Killing bin Laden was a [[Hydra]]'s head, the death of one would only spawn the rise of many to take bin Laden's place in [[Allah]]'s relentless struggle against his enemies. US intelligence agencies certainly knew this. Shortly after bin Laden's execution, the Islamic State was declared, and the call went out from the [[Caliph]] to Muslim warriors globally to enter the jihad. Thousands of foreign fighters arose from every continent. When Obama and Brennan departed from office [[Europe]] had been invaded and the West was losing the global jihad.<ref>httphttps://foreignpolicy.com/2014/06/10/we-are-losing-the-war-on-terror/</ref>
The Bush administration was content to leave bin Laden under house arrest, a coward in hiding, incapable of leading or directing further attacks, while others died fighting '[[Western]] [[materialism]]'.
As Counterterrorism adviser, Brennan was the driving force behind the creation of the Disposition Matrix database to codify the targeted killing policies developed by Barack Obama. According to the ''[[New York Times]]'', Brennan has been the "principal coordinator" of U.S. kill lists. Former Obama administration counterterrorism official Daniel Benjamin stated that Brennan "probably had more power and influence than anyone in a comparable position in the last 20 years."<ref name=nyt20130205a>{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 February 2013|accessdate=|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/world/middleeast/with-brennan-pick-a-light-on-drone-strikes-hazards.html|title=Drone Strikes’ Dangers to Get Rare Moment in Public Eye|first1=Robert|last1=Worth|first2=Mark|last2=Mazzetti|first3=Scott|last3=Shane}}</ref> The criteria and decisions determining who may be targeted for killing were developed in large part by John Brennan, who "wields enormous power in shaping decisions on 'kill' lists and the allocation of armed drones".<ref>Washington Post</ref> Barack Obama, a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner, joked about his approvals of names submitted off Brennan's list: "I'm really good at killing people."<ref>https://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n05/thomas-nagel/really-good-at-killing</ref>
U.S. citizens may be listed as targets for killing in the database.<ref>httphttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref> Suspects are not formally charged of any crime or offered a trial in their own defense.<ref name=ws1026>{{cite news|title=Institutionalized state assassinations and the November 6 election |first=Bill |last=Van Auken |authorlink= |url=http://wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o26.shtml |newspaper=World Socialist Web Site |date=26 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Bp3lKT98?url=http://wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o26.shtml |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref>
The World Socialist Web Site wrote that "the Obama administration has arrogated to itself the most extreme power that can be asserted by any [[dictator]]ship—that of ordering citizens put to death without presenting charges against them, much less proving them in a court of law". They later criticized the relative silence in the media and the political establishment following the revelation.<ref>{{cite news|title=American democracy and the "disposition matrix" |first=Joseph |last=Kishore |url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o31.shtml |newspaper=World Socialist Web Site |date=31 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BzfXBntR?url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o31.shtml |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref>
On January 4, 2017 the Office of National Intelligence issued a report written by Brennan entitled, ''Joint Analysis Report: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections.”''<ref>The declassified version is "[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution]"</ref> Two pages of the DNC and Clinton campaign's ''[[Steele dossier]]'' were included in the report. The following day in an [[Oval Office]] meeting with Brennan, [[Clapper]], Comey, [[Susan Rice]], and [[Biden]], President Obama approved the attempt to [[blackmail]] President-elect [[Donald Trump]] with "salacious and unverified" sexual innuendo from the report.
To justify the illegal surveillance, Trump associates were labeled "agents of a foreign power" in order to hoax the FISA court into approving warrant applications. Obama additionally signed Executive Orders to circulate the slurs and innuendo more widely within the government.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html?_r=0 N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications]", ''New York Times, Jan. 12, 2017.</ref><ref>According to Executive Order 12333 issued by President [[Ronald Reagan]] in December 1981, "Elements of the Intelligence Community are authorized to collect, retain, or disseminate information concerning United States persons...obtained in the course of a lawful foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, international drug or international terrorism investigation." Thus the U.S. intelligence community can perform surveillance without a warrant as long as the target of the investigation is, at least nominally, something other than a "U.S. person". [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/meet-executive-order-12333-the-reagan-rule-that-lets-the-nsa-spy-on-americans/2014/07/18/93d2ac22-0b93-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans]", ''Washington Post'', July 18, 2014.</ref><ref>Saagar Enjeti, "[httphttps://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/how-are-all-these-intel-leaks-happening-look-at-one-of-the-last-things-obama-did-before-leaving-office/ How Are All These Intel Leaks Happening? Look At One Of The Last Things Obama Did Before Leaving Office]," ''Daily Caller,'' 03/09/2017.</ref> These developments were followed by a series of leaks that disregarded privacy rights.
On January 17, 2017 ''McClatchy News'' reported that an informal, interagency group had been working for months on the issue of Russian attempts to influence the the election. The group included representatives of the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the office of the director of national intelligence.<ref>"[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article127231799.html#storylink=cpy FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump]", ''McClatchy,'' January 18, 2017.</ref> The day before inauguration ''The New York Times'' reported that the White House was directly involved in the investigation: “… wiretapped communications had been provided to the (Obama) White House.”<ref>"[https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/NY-Times-FP-012017.jpg Wiretapped data used in inquiry of Trump aides; Examining Russian Ties; Business dealings of Campaign Advisers are investigated]." ''New York Times'', January 20, 2017. On the NYT website, the headline is given as “[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates].”</ref><ref>"[httphttps://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/05/new-york-times-trashes-its-own-reporting-on-obama-admin-wiretapping/ New York Times Trashes Its Own Reporting on Obama Admin Wiretapping], ''Breitbart'', 5 Mar 2017.</ref>
On March 1, the ''Times'' reported that the FBI was in the midst of a "wide-ranging investigation" of "links between Mr. Trump’s associates and the Russian government."<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking]," ''New York Times'', March 1, 2017.</ref> Although Trump had been president for six weeks at this point, the FBI was still being run by Director [[James Comey]], who had been appointed by Obama.
On March 2, 2017, talk radio host Mark Levin denounced the wiretaps and accused Obama of attempting a "silent coup" against Trump. Levin was chief of staff of the Justice Department during the Reagan administration. Earlier liberal reporting on the issue emphasized Trump's alleged links to Russia and used the wiretapping to support the idea that the intelligence community took these accusations seriously. Levin shifted the focus to malfeasance by the intelligence community.<ref>"[httphttps://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/03/mark-levin-obama-used-police-state-tactics-undermine-trump/ Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obama’s ‘Silent Coup’ vs. Trump]", ''Breitbart'', 3 Mar 2017.</ref>
On August 15, 2018, Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance while the latter was working as an analyst for the left-wing news networks [[NBC News]] and [[MSNBC]].<ref>"[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/15/trump-revokes-john-brennans-security-clearance/]", "Breitbart", 15 Aug 2017.</ref>
==Post traumatic stress disorder==
In later life, Brennan appeared to suffer fron showed symptoms of [[Post traumatic stress disorder]]. Killing made John Brennan [[insane]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/john-brennans-kill-list/amp</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180720154857/https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-20/very-unhinged-john-brennan]</ref> The cover ups Brennan masterminded seem to indicate Brennan may have understood the moral and ethical consequences of his actions. Unlike a [[sociopath]], Brennan appears to have a [[conscience]] and a sense guilt for his actions. However he has repeatedly resorted to lying and deception and illegal acts to cover up and justify bizarre behavior. It is not uncommon for people in intelligence work to go berserk after living a life full of lies and deception. [[James Jesus Angleton]] is one of the the CIA's most notsbke notable cases.
To cover his crimes,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/07/obamas-new-executive-order-on-drones-means-the-u-s-may-still-violate-international-law/</ref> and continue his abuse of power,<ref>https://www.richardcyoung.com/politics/election-2016/how-john-brennan-used-his-position-to-assist-hillary-clinton/ </ref> Brennan masterminded the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/08/11/it_was_a_039brennan_operation039_418115.html]</ref> Brennan previously hacked the U.S. State Department,<ref>https://truepundit.com/while-on-obamas-payroll-brennans-private-intel-side-business-hacked-mccains-hillarys-classified-passport-records/</ref> the Senate Intelligence oversight committee,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html</ref> was in charge of the CIA torture program,<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/gregorydjohnsen/how-cia-director-john-brennan-became-americas-spy-and-obamas?utm_term=.sdJPjVvDQ#.brn0gx7GW</ref> was in charge of an Obama enemies list program targeting journalistsand critics,<ref>https://truthfeednews.com/bombshell-investigative-reporter-attkisson-drops-a-damning-email-on-crooked-brennan/ </ref> was a major player in Obama's disastrous [[Arab Spring]] policy that brought about the [[European migrant crisis]],<ref> https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/06/23/the-arab-springs-looming-refugee-crisis/amp/</ref> and took credit for orchestrating the Trump-Russia investigation through his network of outside the contiguous United States "lures" (SpyGate).<ref>https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/10/20/john-brennans-police-state-usa/</ref>
After the Democrat administration was voted out of office, Brennan used his national security clearance for personal gain as an [[NBC News]] consultant,<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/brennan-clapper-security-clearance/</ref> and threatened the President of the United States<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/25/tucker_carlson_creeping_authoritarianism_is_already_here_and_john_brennan_is_the_face_of_it.html]</ref> and Congress<ref>https://wrko.iheart.com/content/2018-05-21-john-brennan-threatens-mcconnell-and-ryan/</ref> on several occasions.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/18/nolte-threats-against-trump-made-by-john-brennan-and-samantha-power-must-be-investigated/amp/]</ref>
https://freedom.press/news-advocacy/highlights-from-daniel-ellsbergas-reddit-ama-on-edward-snowden-and-nsa-surveillance/</ref> is capable of anything.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/03/19/former-cia-chief-brennan-running-scared/</ref>
Brennan's visceral hatred of President Trump is likely rooted in his core [[Marxist]] belief in [[class warfare|class envy and hate]], snd thst and a core conviction that [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] [[technocracy|technocrats]] has the have a righteous duty to hide their crimes, overthrow elections, and depose democratically elected leaders, be it in the [[Ukraine]] or in the [[United States]]. Brennan's erratic behavior and anti-democratic ideology caused him to loose lose his security clearance in 2018.<ref>https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/8/15/17693606/trump-john-brennan-security-clearance</ref><ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/08/29/vips-tells-media-support-for-brennan-is-not-unanimous/</ref>
==See also==
*[[Lavrenty Beria]]
*[[Stasi]]
*[[Alwaleed Talal]]
==References==