John Brennan
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Flaws in (Use of) Harris Poll on Brennan’s Security Clearance
In a late Tuesday night tweet, President Donald Trump seized on an online survey’s apparent shock finding that a majority of Americans think John Brennan’s security clearance…

Brennan’s Due Process Case Against the White House
In an unprecedented move, the White House announced that President Donald Trump was revoking the security clearance of John Brennan, the CIA director in the Obama administration.…

If Trump Revoked Critics’ Security Clearances, Could They Sue?
There’s a strong argument to be made that at least some constitutional challenges to the revocation of security clearances would be judicially reviewable.

The Real Target of Trump’s Security Clearance Threats
I can’t believe I’m writing a column in defense of former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former National Security…

John Brennan on “enhanced interrogation techniques”
At this event today at Brookings, CIA Director John Brennan reiterated what he has said before: — “you cannot establish cause and effect between the [CIA’s]…

Guest Post: Torture is Still on the Table
The recent Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA interrogations is a parade of horribles. Detainees by the dozen arrested wrongfully and later released, including innocent…

Disappearing People and Disappearing the Evidence: The Deeper Significance of the SSCI Report
When the executive summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) report on the CIA’s torture program is finally released, it is likely to discredit a story…

CIA Director John Brennan Speaking at the Council for Foreign Relations
This morning CIA Director John Brennan is speaking at the Council for Foreign Relations where he is discussing challenges to the intelligence community and reflecting on his first…
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