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Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan: 'Iran didn't pose an imminent threat,' admin. 'lies are obvious'

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April 11, 2026

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In going to war with Iran, the Trump administration has contradicted its own intelligence apparatus. Former CIA Director John Brennan tells Ali Velshi that "Iran did not have a nuclear weapon" and that "it was the intelligence community's continued assessment that Iran didn't pose an imminent threat" to the U.S.

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