90 Miles From Tyranny : CIA Director John Brennan Once Voted for Communist Presidential Candidate

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

CIA Director John Brennan Once Voted for Communist Presidential Candidate

CIA Director John Brennan voted for the Communist Party candidate in the 1976 presidential election.

Brennan told a congressional panel last week that he "froze" while taking a CIA polygraph test four years later when the questioner asked him if he had ever worked with or for a group that was "dedicated to overthrowing the U.S.," CNN reported.

"This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate," Brennan said at a panel discussion regarding diversity in the intelligence community during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual conference.

Someone had asked whether experience in political activism could harm someone who later attempts to obtain a security clearance. Brennan said the CIA is committed to upholding the values of the Constitution.

"We’ve all had indiscretions in our past," he said. "I would not be up here if that was disqualifying."

Brennan said he decided to acknowledge his vote for Communist Gus Hall, the Communist Party USA’s four-time presidential candidate, when undergoing the...Read More HERE

2 comments:

Kye said...

So with over 300,000,000 Americans to give the job to the idiots in charge couldn't find one that wasn't a communist supporter? They should've called me. I eliminated a bunch in Vietnam. No problem.

Mike Miles said...

I would not trust a communist to wash my car. How the hell is he the head of a super secret organization that destabilizes governments, MAKES American policy and has the power to hire more of his cronies into this organization? It's time for THE PURGE.