ohn Brennan’s wishy-washy behavior as President Barack Obama’s CIA director might possibly be explained by his previous communist leanings.
Speaking at a panel discussion on diversity in the intelligence community this Thursday, Brennan revealed that he once voted for a candidate who aspired to overthrow the government, according to CNN.
He recounted his experience with a polygraph test he had to take 36 years ago to enter the CIA.
“I froze,” he said, recalling his response to a standard question: “Have you ever worked with or for a group that was dedicated to overthrowing the US?”
“This was back in 1980,” he continued, “and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate.”
The current CIA director admitted the truth about his sordid past, and somehow this confession did not prevent him from being accepted into the organization and rising to the top. However, whether or not this shocking declaration meant much depended to a great degree on how one perceived Brennan’s actions at the CIA.
This past summer, for instance, he essentially threatened to resign from his position if, upon winning the election, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump were to bring back interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.
“I’m not going to be the director of CIA that gives that order,” he stated. “I think they’re going to need to find another director.”
What’s more, Brennan reportedly threw a hissy fit last spring after the citizens of the U.K. voted to exit the European Union. Apparently the British people reclaiming their sovereignty and placing their security and self-interest above that of the EU irked him, the poor dear.
Behavior like this suggested that perhaps a strain of communism still ran in the 61-year-old’s blood. To be fair, though, John Brennan was also one of the few officials who had the courage to speak out against President Obama’s misguided Syran refugee resettlement program.
In this administration, we’ll take what we can get.
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