Past Quotes by John O. Brennan

You always, I think, debate with yourself about whether or not you made the right decision. And you have to then give the person…

— John O. Brennan

While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the…

— John O. Brennan

The CIA has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what…

— John O. Brennan

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

— John O. Brennan

Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray…

— John O. Brennan

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.

— John O. Brennan

I think we do have to take off the gloves in some areas, but within balance, and at the right time and the right…

— John O. Brennan

U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers.

— John O. Brennan

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.

— John O. Brennan

I want to be very clear: whenever it is possible to capture a suspected terrorist, it is the unqualified preference of the administration to…

— John O. Brennan

As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to…

— John O. Brennan

The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this…

— John O. Brennan