“It’s no longer a democracy if an autocrat has it in his hands,” the former CIA director warned.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Sunday that if the political turmoil plaguing the White House were happening in another nation, the American intelligence community would offer a grim assessment.
“We would look at it as a very corrupt government that is under the sway right now of this powerful individual who has been able to just corrupt the institutions and the laws of that country,” he told NBC News’ Chuck Todd during a “Meet the Press” appearance.
Brennan, who is now a senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC, raised alarm over Republicans’ refusal to speak out against President Donald Trump, who allegedly sought foreign interference in the 2020 election, according to a whistleblower complaint filed in August by an anonymous member of the intelligence community.
View the complete October 6 article by Amy Russo on the Huffington Post website here.