Report: Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Has Been Told He Is Not Target Of Durham Probe

Former CIA Director John Brennan is set to meet with the prosecutor investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, though the Obama-era spy chief has been told he is not a target of the probe, according to reports.

NBC News reported this week that John Durham, the U. S. attorney for Connecticut, asked to interview Brennan as part of his investigation. A source familiar with the matter told NBC that Brennan agreed to be interviewed, and the two sides are working out a time to meet.

According to NPR, Brennan has been told that he is not a target of Durham’s investigation, which began in March 2019, as the special counsel’s probe was winding down.

Attorney General William Barr tapped Durham to conduct a sprawling review of the FBI, the CIA and other agencies’ investigative and intelligence-gathering activities related to the Trump campaign and Russia.

Durham’s work has overlapped with a Justice Department inspector general’s investigation, which found that the FBI misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in an effort to obtain spy warrants against Carter Page, a former Trump aide.

The IG said the FBI withheld information that undermined the credibility of the Steele dossier, which investigators used in applications to the FISC.

Durham is also reportedly investigating an Intelligence Community Assessment developed in late 2016 that said Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 election specifically to help Donald Trump win the presidency. (RELATED: Declassified Senate Report Details ‘Bitter Argument’ Between CIA And FBI Over Steele Dossier)

The New York Times reported on Dec. 19 that Durham had requested Brennan’s communications... (Read more)

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