United Security: Interview With John Brennan

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 1 minutes

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In this special episode of the United Security podcast, Ken Wainstein interviews former CIA Director John Brennan. To listen to the full episode for free, sign up to receive a link in your email inbox: cafe.com/united. Members of CAFE Insider can listen to the podcast on the player of their choice. To get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, including audio notes from Preet and Elie Honig and the CAFE Insider and Cyber Space podcasts, try out the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring analysis by Elie Honig: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is produced by CAFE Studios. Tamara Sepper — Executive Producer; Adam Waller — Senior Editorial Producer; Nat Weiner — Audio Producer; Sam Ozer-Staton — Editorial Producer; David Kurlander — Editorial Producer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, pre here. On Monday, President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper,
0:07.2	and rumors continued to swirl that he may soon get rid of other top-ranking law enforcement
0:11.4	and national security officials, including FBI Director Chris Ray and CIA Director Gina
0:16.6	Haspel. The upheaval comes as Trump continues to contest the outcome of his election loss
0:21.3	device President Joe Biden. To help put all this in context, United Security
0:26.2	co-host Ken Weinstein interviewed John Brennan, the former director of the CIA under President
0:31.5	Obama for a special episode. Brennan knows a thing or two about presidential transitions. He helped
0:37.5	oversee the national security transition for the incoming Obama administration, which is when
0:41.6	he met Ken, who was then the outgoing Homeland Security adviser to President Bush. In a wide-ranging
0:47.2	conversation, Brennan spoke with Ken about his 40-year career in intelligence, how this transition
0:52.6	compares to the one they participated in, and President Trump's impact on our national security.
0:57.7	The United Security podcast is part of the cafe insider membership, but this week,
1:02.1	given the growing concerns about the state of our democracy, we're taking down the paywall for
1:06.3	this episode. If you'd like to listen for free, head to cafe.com slash united, and sign up to
1:12.1	receive an email with a link to the episode. That's cafe.com slash united.

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