[House Atreides]

Oh, never mind… he wasn’t ambassador, he was the CIA station chief. As such, how could HE issue visas? Something does”compute”.

[RandFan]

I think it would have come across his desk as part of a vetting procedure

I don’t doubt it’s a fact. It’s documented and well known

[Drago]

Yeah, it looks like he was never in a position to “issue VISA’s”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brennan_(CIA_officer)

[Ajnin]

He allegedly worked with the station Consular Officer to issue the visas.