John Kiriakou

There used to be a kiosk right at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue adjacent to the White House that sold cigars.

Tenant had had a heart attack and he wasn't supposed to smoke and his wife would yell at him.

So they would, after the briefing, they'd walk out to the kiosk and buy cigars and just stand there and laugh and talk about chasing women or whatever.

Totally hit it off.

Then Tenet becomes the deputy director of the CIA.

So he brings Brennan back with him and makes him Martha Kessler's boss, deputy director of the office that Martha's working in.

He calls Martha Kessler in and says, now you're fired.

And so she just elected to retire.

Well, he ended up

being identified by Tenet as the guy.

Like, this is my guy.

This guy is going places.

He needs operational experience because he's been an analyst and an analytic manager all these years.

I'm going to make him the station chief in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

He's an analyst.

He's never served overseas before, never recruited a spy ever.

It wasn't his job.

Now, all of a sudden, he's the station chief in one of the most important stations in the world.

So he does that for a long time.

By the way, during which he approves the visas for the 9-11 hijackers.