A Look At The Relationship Between President Obama And CIA Director Brennan

President Obama with John O. Brennan in 2012. At the White House, Mr. Brennan managed the “kill lists” for drone strikes. Credit Pete Souza/The White House

Brennan Draws On Bond With Obama In Backing C.I.A. -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Just hours before he publicly responded last week to the Senate Intelligence Committee report accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of torture and deceit, John O. Brennan, the C.I.A.’s director, stopped by the White House to meet with President Obama.

Ostensibly, he was there for an intelligence briefing. But the messages delivered later that day by the White House and Mr. Brennan were synchronized, even down to similar wording, and the larger import of the well-timed visit was hardly a classified secret: After six years of partnership, the president was standing by the embattled spy chief even as fellow Democrats called for his resignation.

That’s not to say there was no friction between the West Wing and the C.I.A.’s Langley, Va., headquarters after the release of the scorching report. Irritated advisers to Mr. Obama believe Mr. Brennan made a bad situation worse by battling Democrats on the committee over the report during the past year. Some who considered Mr. Brennan the president’s heat shield against the agency when he worked in the White House now worry that since being appointed director, he has “gone native,” as they put it.

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My Comment: You gotta love the New York Times .... trying to rationalize President Obama's close relationship with CIA Director Brennan .... and the programs and policies that the CIA follows and implements. As to what is my take on this "relationship" .... CIA Director Brennan is at the CIA because President Obama wants him there, and President Obama knows that the CIA Director will follow his policies and objectives to the full.