John Brennan on Tulsi Gabbard Firing Two Intelligence Officials: ‘Just Makes Me Livid’; ‘It’s Appalling and Outrageous’

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BRENNAN: “Yeah, this whole thing just makes me livid. It’s appalling and outrageous and demonstrates why Tulsi Gabbard never should have been confirmed as Director of National Intelligence. Michael Collins and Maria Langan-Riekhof are two of the most experienced, accomplished and talented analysts in the entire U.S. intelligence community, with over 60 years of combined experience. They have worked for successive administrations since the 1990s. They have demonstrated time and time again their capabilities, their competence, their integrity, and they have served as role models for a generation of intelligence officers inside of CIA. They’re CIA officers by background and by training. And this is going to have real reverberations within the workforce because, as Congressman Himes pointed out, it’s clearly a signal to tell analysts throughout the intelligence community, you tell the truth, you provide objective analysis, as you’re supposed to be doing, you are running the risk of getting fired.”