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John Brennan’s ‘Intelligence Bombshell’ That Likely Never Was
The American Spectator ^ | August 5, 2025, 9:04 PM | Jack Cashil

Posted on 08/05/2025 6:14:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Curiously, Brennan left no way for future investigators to confirm or deny its existence.

In June 2017, well on their way to a Pulitzer for national reporting, the stenographers at the Washington Post published a lengthy, breathless article about an extraordinary message delivered to the White House in early August 2016.

According to the Post, CIA Director John Brennan had sent an “intelligence bombshell” directly to President Barack Obama, an “eyes only” report. So sensitive was the report that Brennan kept it out of the President’s Daily Brief and insisted it “be returned immediately after it was read.”

The report was allegedly “drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government.” It detailed not only Vladi­mir Putin’s “direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race,” but also “Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.”

In early August 2016, the Post reported, “the outlines of the Russian assault on the U.S. election were increasingly apparent.” Except that they weren’t. This was the rare bombshell that had no fallout. As documented by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on July 18, 2025, the outlines of the “assault” were not apparent to the members of the intelligence community and would not be even when coerced to sign on months later.

On Aug. 31, 2016, a DHS official told former DNI James Clapper that there was “no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count.” On Sept. 2, 2016, the FBI asked that an upcoming intelligence community assessment be “softened,” given that it was “uncomfortable” implying that there was “definitive information that Russia does intend to disrupt our elections.”

On Sept. 9, 2016, an Office of the...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: 201608; 20160831; 201609; 20160902; 20160912; 20161007; 20161209; 2017; 20170106; benardo; brennan; clapper; clinton; clintoncampaign; hillaryclinton; johnbrennan; juliannesmith; leonardbenardo; russiagate

1 posted on 08/05/2025 6:14:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
...insisted it “be returned immediately after it was read.


2 posted on 08/05/2025 6:35:03 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In case you are wondering:

This is what a big fat lie looks like. Thanks Brennan.


3 posted on 08/05/2025 7:54:59 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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A circular set up. Obama asked for this kind of IQ Brennan provides it then the admin leaks out the fact that he received it and that becomes the basis for the whole fraud.


4 posted on 08/05/2025 8:15:26 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: iamgalt

then the admin leaks out to the criminally complicit conspirator legacy CIA employed legacy media...

edited for clarity.


5 posted on 08/06/2025 1:00:24 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Brennan is a World Wide Caliphate cut out.

As CIA Chief of Station in Riyadh, Brennan converted to Islam.


Brennan is a Muslim)

He constructed justifications, more than once, to support the treasonous activity of fake president Barrack Hussein Obama.Obama's goal is to destroy America from within, and he is still working on it.

Get real. Obama was a crucial member of Rev. Ralph Wright's congregation in Chicago for over 20 years.These Racial Black Nationalists ( Black Fascists)succeeded in putting one of their kind into the White House.

Brennan is one of their running dogs, The whole conspiracy is still ongoing.

Indict them, try them and put them on jail. Raid their homes at 4 am with fully armed FBI swat teams.These are bad, bad people.Brennan is foremost.



6 posted on 08/06/2025 2:32:37 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Obama, Clapper, Brennan, et al, are beyond guilty in this, but let’s not forget the willing media. Not ONE journalist/reporter for a major mainstream network (except FOX News) did any serious research into the validity of the claims. They WANTED it to be true.


7 posted on 08/06/2025 3:18:58 AM PDT by Kharis13 (-)
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To: Kharis13
They WANTED it to be true.

AI Summary:

Willing suspension of disbelief.

"Willing suspension of disbelief" refers to the audience's choice to temporarily set aside doubts and accept the unreal or impossible elements presented in a story, whether in literature, theater, film, or other narratives. This allows for a deeper engagement and enjoyment of the fictional world, even when it contains elements that contradict real-world logic or plausibility.


8 posted on 08/06/2025 4:09:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: Kharis13

let’s not forget the willing

criminal
co - conspirators

media

The CBSMSDNCIA MEDIA .


9 posted on 08/06/2025 4:34:48 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Willing suspension of disbelief.

I might start using this along with my favorite -

"gross lack of curiosity"

10 posted on 08/06/2025 5:33:03 AM PDT by goo goo g'joob (When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful)
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