The Reasons Why President Obama Will Not Fire CIA Director John Brennan

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Does John Brennan Know Too Much for Obama to Fire Him? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

It's difficult to cross man with details on every secret drone strike you've authorized—especially the legally dubious ones.

When John Brennan assured the country that the CIA hadn't improperly monitored the Senate team that compiled a report on Bush-era torture, he fed us false information. That much is clear from Thursday's news that "the C.I.A. secretly monitored a congressional committee charged with supervising its activities." Either the CIA director was lying or he was unaware of grave missteps at the agency he leads. There are already calls for his resignation or firing from Senator Mark Udall, Trevor Timm, Dan Froomkin, and Andrew Sullivan, plus a New York Times editorial airing his ouster as a possibility.

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My Comment: The White House's drone assassination program is probably only the tip of the iceberg on what John Brennan knows. But the reasons why President Obama will not fire CIA Director John Brennan are rather straight forward .... he trusts him, he knows that he is loyal, and he has been following President Obama's instructions to the letter. Knowing too much is not a negative in this White House.