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John O. Brennan

How Would John O. Brennan Change the CIA?

Today John O. Brennan will face his Senate confirmation hearing for the position of C.I.A. director. Brennan served as President Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser in the President’s first term, and he quickly learned the threats posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. On Christmas Day 2009, on a plane traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit, […]

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