John Brennan, Former C.I.A. Director, on Being Targeted by Trump
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. A co production of WNYC Studios and the New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. John Brennan is or was a career CIA man. He did daily intelligence briefings for Bill Clinton.
He held senior CIA positions under George W Bush. and Barack Obama made him director of the agency. Brennan's tenure included the controversial drone program. As well as the infamous steel dossier on presidential candidate Donald Trump. We first went through
Russia, Russia, Russia. It was all Bullshit. At the very end of his tenure, The CIA compiled a report on Russian interference.
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