I asked Grok “Is John Brennan a muslim?” It replied:
“There’s no solid evidence that John Brennan, former CIA Director, is Muslim. The claim’s been floating around since 2013, mostly pushed by a former FBI agent, John Guandolo, who said Brennan converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. Guandolo’s the main source, but his credibility’s shaky—he quit the FBI in 2008 after a scandal involving a key witness. No documents, witnesses, or official records back him up. Brennan’s spoken Arabic in public—like a 2010 NYU talk about his time in Cairo—but he never mentions converting or practicing Islam. He’s described his upbringing as Catholic and, in his 2020 memoir Undaunted, calls himself agnostic now.
The rumor got legs because Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a Constitution copy, not a Bible, and praised the Hajj once, saying he “marveled at its majesty” while in Riyadh. Conspiracy types ran with that, but it’s thin—non-Muslims can admire Islamic culture without converting, and the Constitution oath was a symbolic flex, not a faith statement. Snopes debunked this years ago, and Brennan’s spokesman, Nick Shapiro, told AP in 2019 it’s “nonsense.” X posts still push it—some from 2025 call him a Muslim convert or terrorist plant—but it’s all echo-chamber noise, no proof.
Brennan’s career—25 years at CIA, counterterrorism czar under Obama—shows no sign of religious bias tilting his work. Claims he’s a secret Muslim seem more like political mudslinging than fact. Without hard evidence, it’s just a theory that doesn’t hold up. “
Isn’t it interesting that AI acts like “snopes” is some sort of ‘trusted’ source.
It’d be very easy for convict face to dump on Islam.
I don’t think he has to date.
I commented below that I watched a video of Brennan declaring he converted to Islam.