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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

John Brennan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yossi Cohen at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, October 15, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 2, 2020, 6:30 am
Why Mossad’s Yossi Cohen, shadow warrior against Iran, is PM’s chosen successor
Spy chief widely seen behind killing of Iran’s nuclear weapons chief is a trusted Netanyahu loyalist, and his preferred choice to steer Israel through the coming regional chaos
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A photo released by Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP)
November 28, 2020, 3:01 am
US, world leaders mum on Fakhrizadeh killing; ex-CIA chief calls hit ‘reckless’
UN calls for restraint after assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist; Pompeo announces sanctions against supporters of Iran’s missile program; US aircraft carrier sails to Gulf
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this May 23, 2017, photo, former CIA director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the US House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
May 19, 2019, 8:32 am
Former CIA chief John Brennan to brief US Democrats on Iran
Nuclear deal negotiator invited to speak to lawmakers after heightened tensions in Persian Gulf spark fears of war
By LISA MASCARO
This image obtained October. 24, 2018, and provided by ABC News shows a package addressed to former CIA head John Brennan and an explosive device that was sent to CNN's New York office. (ABC News via AP)
October 25, 2018, 11:51 pm
Investigators zero in on crude bombs sent to Trump critics
Law enforcement officials still uncertain whether the devices were poorly designed or never intended to cause physical harm
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long
Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
August 18, 2018, 7:46 am
In unprecedented move, ex-CIA heads slam Trump for trying to stifle free speech
Former spy chiefs denounce president’s decision to strip John Brennan of security clearance: ‘We have never before seen the removal of security clearances used as a political tool’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, August 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 17, 2018, 5:27 am
Former US security leaders blast Trump for yanking Brennan’s clearance
After Trump strips former CIA chief of clearance, experts say actions could be used by prosecutors to show pattern of attempting to disrupt Mueller probe
By Jill Colvin and Catherine Lucey
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2014, then-commander of US Special Operations Command, Admiral William H. McRaven, right, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, Michael D. Lumpkin testify before the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities at the US Capitol in Washington. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
August 17, 2018, 2:03 am
Bin Laden raid commander to Trump: Revoke my security clearance too
‘You have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children and divided us as a nation,’ charges retired decorated Navy admiral William McRaven
By AFP
Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
August 16, 2018, 4:53 pm
Brennan: Trump worked with Russians and now he’s desperate
After losing security clearance, former CIA director says the only question is whether president’s collusion ‘constituted criminally liable conspiracy’
By Jill Colvin and Anne Flaherty
Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about Russian actions during the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
August 16, 2018, 6:09 am
After Brennan, 9 others face losing security clearances, too
James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Susan Rice named among those who could lose access over criticism of US president, links to Russia probe
By AP
In this May 23, 2017, photo, former CIA director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the US House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
August 15, 2018, 11:42 pm
Trump revokes security clearance from ex-CIA director
White House says John Brennan ‘leveraged his status’ to criticize the president with ‘unfounded and outrageous allegations’
By Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller
Former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/ AFP)
July 23, 2018, 11:16 pm
Trump considers revoking clearances of ex-Obama officials who criticize him
John Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Michael Hayden, Susan Rice, and Andrew McCabe could all be penalized for castigating president over Putin meeting
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands before attending a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov)
July 16, 2018, 11:07 pm
Ex-CIA chief slams ‘treasonous’ Trump-Putin meeting as lawmakers blast president
US leader’s failure to confront his Russian counterpart on election meddling elicits bipartisan dismay, with members of Congress describing Trump’s conduct as ‘bizarre,’ ‘shameful’
By AP and AFP
Former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/ AFP)
January 20, 2018, 9:38 pm
UK teen gained access to CIA chief’s accounts, court told
Kane Gamble says he used his bedroom computer to access the communications of top US intelligence and security officials, partly in support of Palestinians
By Robin MILLARD
US President Donald Trump (left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, in the central Vietnamese city of Danang, on November 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev)
November 12, 2017, 8:18 pm
Trump should be ‘ashamed’ of attacks on ex-intel chiefs — former CIA head
John Brennan says president ‘poses a peril to this country’ and the way he can be played by foreign leaders is ‘very, very worrisome’
By AFP
Former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/ AFP)
May 23, 2017, 9:32 pm
Ex-CIA chief says he warned Russia to stay out of election
John Brennan tells Congress that in 2016 he received information pointing to contacts between Moscow and people in Trump campaign
By AFP
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