WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan can breathe a sigh of relief: 40 years after casting his ballot, Congress has let him off the hook for voting for the Communist USA party during the height of the Cold War.



Brennan copped to the vote in little-noticed remarks last week at the Congressional Black Caucus's annual conference. The spy chief spoke of his stomach-turning fear while undergoing the vetting process to be employed at the CIA in 1980 — strapped to a polygraph during the height of the Cold War, Brennan was asked if he had ever worked with or for a group that was working to overthrow the United States.

"I froze," Brennan said. "This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate...we've all had indiscretions in our past."

Brennan said he came clean about the his 1976 ballot during the polygraph, expecting it to disqualify him from a clearance. But to the director's surprise, he was offered admission to the agency, and, nearly 40 years later, landed in the top office.

It looks like lawmakers interviewed by BuzzFeed News on Thursday don't mind.

"I think [Brennan's] the only one who can comment on that," said Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee leaving a briefing Thursday.

"I really am not interested in how the CIA Director voted decades ago," said Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) leaving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing Thursday.

But, Wyden recalled the still-lingering tensions over the Intelligence Committee's torture report, and the agency's decision to dig into the computers of its Senate overseers while the investigation was being conducted. And as it turns out, there are still plenty of other reasons some lawmakers want to fire the spy chief.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/congress-doesnt-really-care-that-the-cia-chief-once-voted-co

Quote from: Solar on July 20, 2018, 08:55:34 AM
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan can breathe a sigh of relief: 40 years after casting his ballot, Congress has let him off the hook for voting for the Communist USA party during the height of the Cold War.



Brennan copped to the vote in little-noticed remarks last week at the Congressional Black Caucus's annual conference. The spy chief spoke of his stomach-turning fear while undergoing the vetting process to be employed at the CIA in 1980 — strapped to a polygraph during the height of the Cold War, Brennan was asked if he had ever worked with or for a group that was working to overthrow the United States.

"I froze," Brennan said. "This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate...we've all had indiscretions in our past."

Brennan said he came clean about the his 1976 ballot during the polygraph, expecting it to disqualify him from a clearance. But to the director's surprise, he was offered admission to the agency, and, nearly 40 years later, landed in the top office.

It looks like lawmakers interviewed by BuzzFeed News on Thursday don't mind.

"I think [Brennan's] the only one who can comment on that," said Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee leaving a briefing Thursday.

"I really am not interested in how the CIA Director voted decades ago," said Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) leaving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing Thursday.

But, Wyden recalled the still-lingering tensions over the Intelligence Committee's torture report, and the agency's decision to dig into the computers of its Senate overseers while the investigation was being conducted. And as it turns out, there are still plenty of other reasons some lawmakers want to fire the spy chief.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/congress-doesnt-really-care-that-the-cia-chief-once-voted-co

"I really am not interested in how the CIA Director voted decades ago," said Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) leaving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing Thursday."

Wyden is the type of leftist sleaze ball who would bring up a nominee's term paper in college for a judgeship.

Quote from: Solar on July 20, 2018, 08:55:34 AM
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan can breathe a sigh of relief: 40 years after casting his ballot, Congress has let him off the hook for voting for the Communist USA party during the height of the Cold War.



Brennan copped to the vote in little-noticed remarks last week at the Congressional Black Caucus's annual conference. The spy chief spoke of his stomach-turning fear while undergoing the vetting process to be employed at the CIA in 1980 — strapped to a polygraph during the height of the Cold War, Brennan was asked if he had ever worked with or for a group that was working to overthrow the United States.

"I froze," Brennan said. "This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate...we've all had indiscretions in our past."

Brennan said he came clean about the his 1976 ballot during the polygraph, expecting it to disqualify him from a clearance. But to the director's surprise, he was offered admission to the agency, and, nearly 40 years later, landed in the top office.

It looks like lawmakers interviewed by BuzzFeed News on Thursday don't mind.

"I think [Brennan's] the only one who can comment on that," said Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee leaving a briefing Thursday.

"I really am not interested in how the CIA Director voted decades ago," said Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) leaving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing Thursday.

But, Wyden recalled the still-lingering tensions over the Intelligence Committee's torture report, and the agency's decision to dig into the computers of its Senate overseers while the investigation was being conducted. And as it turns out, there are still plenty of other reasons some lawmakers want to fire the spy chief.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/congress-doesnt-really-care-that-the-cia-chief-once-voted-co

If memory serves werent half the people in obamas admin admitted communists ?(the other half being secret communists) i remember van jones coming out of the commie closet as well as that bitch from the irs saying she looked up to chairman mao

And I was worried about Trump going back to his Blue Dog Democrat ways once he was elected President...what the hell was I thinking.

This commie crap runs deep in the democrat party.

Will the Old bastard also admit to converting to islam for a a double whammy traitorship award?

Quote from: Solar on July 20, 2018, 08:55:34 AM
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan can breathe a sigh of relief: 40 years after casting his ballot, Congress has let him off the hook for voting for the Communist USA party during the height of the Cold War.



Brennan copped to the vote in little-noticed remarks last week at the Congressional Black Caucus's annual conference. The spy chief spoke of his stomach-turning fear while undergoing the vetting process to be employed at the CIA in 1980 — strapped to a polygraph during the height of the Cold War, Brennan was asked if he had ever worked with or for a group that was working to overthrow the United States.

"I froze," Brennan said. "This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate...we've all had indiscretions in our past."

Brennan said he came clean about the his 1976 ballot during the polygraph, expecting it to disqualify him from a clearance. But to the director's surprise, he was offered admission to the agency, and, nearly 40 years later, landed in the top office.

It looks like lawmakers interviewed by BuzzFeed News on Thursday don't mind.

"I think [Brennan's] the only one who can comment on that," said Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee leaving a briefing Thursday.

"I really am not interested in how the CIA Director voted decades ago," said Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) leaving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing Thursday.

But, Wyden recalled the still-lingering tensions over the Intelligence Committee's torture report, and the agency's decision to dig into the computers of its Senate overseers while the investigation was being conducted. And as it turns out, there are still plenty of other reasons some lawmakers want to fire the spy chief.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/congress-doesnt-really-care-that-the-cia-chief-once-voted-co

When I her the term deep state I see this guy's mug...

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on July 20, 2018, 08:07:57 PM
Will the Old bastard also admit to converting to islam for a a double whammy traitorship award?

Good point. Obama does have a tendency to surround himself with Muslims.

Quote from: T Hunt on July 20, 2018, 10:20:01 AM
If memory serves werent half the people in obamas admin admitted communists ?(the other half being secret communists) i remember van jones coming out of the commie closet as well as that bitch from the irs saying she looked up to chairman mao

Yep, and the media buried it, so now it's our turn to shine a light on these cockroaches the media can't ignore..