Who is John Brennan?
Born in 1955, John Owen Brennan is a former American intelligence officer who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2013 to 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to US President Barack Obama, with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President.
Obama intended to appoint John Brennan as CIA director and faced a lot of criticism. Brennan withdrew his name over concerns about his support for torture. Instead, Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor. He was also the first official in the Obama administration to publicly acknowledge CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
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he s donald trump s hand-picked ambassador to the eu. stating explicitly in testimony today that military aid and a trump/zelensky meeting were conditioned on a commitment to investigations sought by president trump. he suggested officials at the highest levels of donald trump s white house and cabinet were fully aware and briefed on every step of the pressure campaign against ukraine. sondland also drawing a direct line to president trump. saying that he was the one directing his aides to coordinate with rudy giuliani. the man allegedly behind the quid pro quo. it s significant because sondland is the only witness so far who had a direct and seemingly open line of communication with the president himself. i m very lucky to be joined by my colleague ari melber, msnbc anchor and chief legal correspondent. msnbc legal analyst, maya wily, who previously worked in the civil division of the u.s. attorney s office in the
southern district of new york. former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official, nbc news and msnbc legal analyst, chuck rosenberg. politics editor for the root and msnbc political contributor, jason johnson. we are also joined by former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst michael mcfaul. paul butler, georgetown school of law professor. former federal prosecutor and an nbc news and msnbc legal analyst. let me start with you, ari melber. we ve been staring at the trees. there s a instinct to sometimes look at the trees and skip over the forest. but what do we see when we look at the whole picture today? when you look at the whole picture today, you have the star witness to a bribery plot and he s also now made himself new today the star witness to obstruction article of impeachment against president trump. i have not seen testimony like this to date in the trump era. not comey, not the diplomats last week who were impressive in their own way.