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CIA Director Says He Would Resign If Ordered To Resume Waterboarding
OANN ^ | July 14,2016 | By Jonathan Landay

Posted on 07/13/2016 6:39:13 PM PDT by Hojczyk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday he would resign if the next president ordered his agency to resume waterboarding suspected militants, an apparent reference to comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump embracing the banned interrogation method.”I can say that as long as I’m director of CIA, irrespective of what the president says, I’m not going to be the director of CIA that gives that order. They’ll have to find another director,” said Brennan, who did not mention Trump by name.

Brennan, who has been director since 2013, tacked his comment to the end of his response to a question about drone strike policy after speaking at the Brookings Institution, a Washington policy institute.Brennan said previously he would refuse to resume the practice, which simulates drowning and was used by the CIA on three suspected militants detained in secret foreign prisons during President George W. Bush’s administration.

But his pledge to resign if ordered to revive waterboarding was his most emphatic affirmation of his position to date.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2013; bleedingheartattack; brennan; brookings; brookingsinstitution; cia; interrogation; johnbrennan; needsfired; waterboarding
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Waterboard the former CIA Director to find out how much collusion he has had with Radical Islam in all its forms.


61 posted on 07/13/2016 7:05:54 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: Hojczyk

He needs to be the first guy fired after trump takes the oath


62 posted on 07/13/2016 7:07:35 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Hojczyk

Don’t let the door hit ya


63 posted on 07/13/2016 7:07:43 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: samtheman

What would he do to free his family from ISIS? And what won’t he do for us.


64 posted on 07/13/2016 7:08:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Hojczyk

Isn’t this the guy arming ISIS related groups? Poseur.


65 posted on 07/13/2016 7:09:00 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (We are at that point, where we stand with Leonidas, or slither with Ephialtes.)
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To: Hojczyk

Go....just go away.


66 posted on 07/13/2016 7:09:56 PM PDT by Osage Orange (FUBAR / SNAFU)
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To: Hojczyk

Snooping on non-Mooslim US citizens is A-OK though.


67 posted on 07/13/2016 7:11:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("It's okay to commit felonies as long as breaking the law isn't your primary objective." James Comey)
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To: Tau Food
Trump is not going to order any waterboarding. The is just election stuff.

He needs to go ahead and resign anyway.

68 posted on 07/13/2016 7:11:33 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("And, if you're not queen, my dear, think you that you're wronged?)
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To: Hojczyk
Just dayum.

I was waterboarded to unconsciousness in SERE school back in the olden days and now the CIA director is so pussy that he would resign first?!??!

Where's my class action lawsuit for torture!?!?!

Somebody's doing that, right?

69 posted on 07/13/2016 7:11:47 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Hojczyk

This isn’t our brightest DCI but his brain still processes an enormous amount of data on a daily basis, you’d think he’d be smarter than to create this news. The order to waterboard is unlikely to come from a President Trump but Trump certainly doesn’t want our adversaries to know that so he is going to leave it on the table as he should.


70 posted on 07/13/2016 7:11:54 PM PDT by polstar123
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To: Hojczyk

Said the muslim.


71 posted on 07/13/2016 7:12:15 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Hojczyk

That is really nice of him to resign rather then waiting to get fired for insubordination... he is a security risk and I think he is passing on info to Arab nationals in the belief that his shared religion makes it possible for him to work with countries like Sadie Arabia and Iran.

this is just my view


72 posted on 07/13/2016 7:14:41 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Tau Food

**** “Trump is not going to order any waterboarding. The is just election stuff” ****

Actually when the ROE changes and our Troops get their hands untied the Sand Fleas will be begging to go to GITMO, their alternative would be permanent and quick.

I predict once the Muslim in Chief is gone and ROE is “We Win, They Lose”... ISIS will be again surrendering to News Crews
Only Obama likes to lead with his behind.


73 posted on 07/13/2016 7:15:16 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: polstar123
"The order to waterboard is unlikely to come from a President Trump"

Any CIA or Defense official who brings the question to the White House should be fired and suffer grave professional damage.

Trump will run a results oriented administration.

If the guys in middle management don't know what to do, they don't belong in the position.

Just DO it.

74 posted on 07/13/2016 7:16:29 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Hojczyk

Goo by


75 posted on 07/13/2016 7:18:11 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Hojczyk

DONALD J. TRUMP is elected POTUS..

John Brennen won’t need to resign...He will be out of a job...PERIOD..

ENOUGH SAID.


76 posted on 07/13/2016 7:19:54 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Hojczyk

Sounds good to me. One less muslim in govt.


77 posted on 07/13/2016 7:20:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Hojczyk

Brennan, YOU’RE FIRED!!


78 posted on 07/13/2016 7:20:13 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: TexasTransplant

I am betting that a lot of chaos around the world will be stopping after the first test of trumps leadership skills. Most of our foreign policy problems are self inflicted or the result of the world knowing that Obamas response is weak.


79 posted on 07/13/2016 7:20:54 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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80 posted on 07/13/2016 7:22:01 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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