John Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency director, speaks at a rare news conference at CIA headquarters in Virginia, Dec. 11, 2014.
Why Brennan Is Still Leading the CIA -- Mike Dorning and Jonathan Allen, Bloomberg
John Brennan has been as close as anyone to President Barack Obama on his most sensitive national security decisions, from drone strikes to the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
That helps explain why Obama isn’t abandoning his Central Intelligence Agency director despite some calls for his resignation following release of a Senate report detailing the CIA’s brutal interrogations of terrorism suspects during President George W. Bush’s administration. Brennan was a top official at the agency under Bush and then served as head of the National Counterterrorism Center before going to work for Obama.
“The president has relied for years now on John Brennan,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today, calling the head of the nation’s spy agency a “dedicated professional.”
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My Comment: Both President Obama and CIA Director Brennan have a long history working together on national security issues .... President Obama is not going to replace him with someone that is new and/or has limited experience working with the President on this same issues.
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