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John O. Brennan

John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama; his title was Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. His responsibilities included overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters, and he met with the President daily. Previously, he advised President Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition. Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support for transferring terror suspects to countries where they may be tortured while serving under President George W. Bush. Instead, Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor, a position which did not require Senate confirmation.

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A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.

Board, Football, Look, Play, Taken, Yards

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Acquiring, Iran, President, Prevent, States, United States

Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 - or than it will be in the coming years.

Analysis, Coming, Intelligence, Needs, Years

Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined by the narrow hatred and nihilistic actions of an exceptionally small minority of Muslims?

Hatred, Powerful, States, United States, World

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

Cia, Men, National, Treasure

We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly believe that our intelligence gathering tools must enable us to collect the information we need to protect the American people.

Authorities, Believe, Gathering, Intelligence Gathering, Lawful, People

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

Addresses, Define, Problem, Shapes

I want to be very clear: whenever it is possible to capture a suspected terrorist, it is the unqualified preference of the administration to take custody of that individual so we can obtain information that is vital to the safety and security of the American people.

American, Custody, People, Safety, Take, Vital

As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9
11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense.

Conflict, Law, May, Right, Self, Taliban

While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.

Appropriate, Demand, Demands, Important, People

The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

Nuclear, Risk, Simply, Terrorist, Weapon, Weapons

In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones.

Government, Law, Lives, Order, Piloted, United

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.

Act, Bounds, Law, Laws, Nations

Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportunity.

Allies, Destruction, Hope, Injustice, Opportunity, United States

By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.

Law, Effectiveness, Office, Symbol, Counterterrorism

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

Deserve, Feet, Instill, Terrorist

We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Extent, Law, National, Needs, Secret, Secrets

Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to terrorism cannot be ignored.

Fact, Facts, Grievances, Might, Needs, Underlying

We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9
11 as an opportunity to strike yet again at the U. S. homeland.

Anniversary, Bin Laden, Material, Opportunity, Strikes

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

Bluntness, Giving, Like, Mind, Speaking My Mind, Thinking

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