This is what happens when someone (I wish I knew who, because he DOES deserve a medal) puts a powerful corrupt deep state partisan on the spot in front of a live audience (with the cameras recording this for potential future criminal prosecution). Notice that John Brennan’s go-to response is not to answer the spot-on question, but rather to quickly try to figure out how to smear the questioner.
On FB, I added this: “Those of you who inhabit only the corporate news ecosystem won’t have any fucking idea why this video is critically important.”
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Turns out the questioner was this person:
I’m not entirely comfortable with ambush journalism, but I’ll make an exception where the target of the questioning is an extremely dirty, powerful, duplicitous and evasive person.
I asked Grok: “Please list the top ten things we know about John Brennan to show that he is a lying scoundrel.”
Grok:
- Lied to Congress about the CIA spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee computers during their investigation into the agency’s torture program; he initially denied any improper access, but an internal review confirmed it, leading to his apology.
- Falsely claimed in 2011 that U.S. drone strikes had caused no civilian deaths over the previous year, a statement contradicted by multiple credible reports documenting dozens of civilian casualties.
- Played a key role in the “Spies Who Lie” letter, where 51 former intelligence officials (some active CIA contractors) misleadingly suggested the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation to aid Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.
- Lied under oath to Congress in 2023 about the Steele dossier not being relied upon in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference, prompting a criminal referral to the DOJ.
- Briefed President Obama in 2016 on intelligence indicating Hillary Clinton approved a plan to falsely link Donald Trump to Russia to distract from her email scandal, yet pushed forward with investigations critics label as a hoax.
- Provided testimony contradicted by declassified documents on the origins of the Russia collusion narrative, leading to accusations of perjury and further criminal referrals.
- Publicly accused President Trump of “treason” in media appearances without substantiation, later trying to retract the severity of the claim amid backlash.
- As the architect of Obama’s drone program, oversaw extrajudicial targeted killings, including of U.S. citizens like Anwar al-Awlaki, without trial or due process.
- Admitted during his CIA director confirmation hearing to voting for Communist Party candidate Gus Hall in 1976, raising concerns about his ideological loyalties during his intelligence career.
- Had his security clearance revoked by President Trump in 2018 for “lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary,” which Trump cited as inconsistent with access to sensitive information.
