Trump plays dangerous game with 'little Trump' DNI pick

Trump plays dangerous game with 'little Trump' DNI pick

June 5, 2026 · 42 min · Episode 202606049

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John Brennan discusses the implications of Donald Trump's appointment of a new director of national intelligence.

Former CIA director John Brennan discusses what's at stake with Donald Trump's choice of a sycophant with no intelligence experience to be the new director of national intelligence, and why someone who found a way to weaponize mortgage data against people Donald Trump doesn't like is a dangerous person to give access to America's intelligence products.

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