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Speculating That John Brennan Is a Secret Muslim Convert

from We Are The News · #23

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3 min

Tim and his guest discuss rumors that CIA director John Brennan secretly converted to Islam while a station chief, citing his non-Bible oath as fuel for the theory, while acknowledging it's baseless speculation.

In this bit6 moments
  • 39:09John Brennan looks like the sheriff from The Big Lebowski.
  • 39:47Tim addresses the vetting problem: he chooses what to put on the show without fact-checking, and asks listeners not to go shoot up pizza places or Carl's Jr.
  • 40:08Speculation that John Brennan converted to Islam while serving as a station chief in Saudi Arabia.
  • 40:34Former agency people claim it was "kind of well known" that Brennan was a convert.
  • 40:49The evidence fueling speculation: Brennan took his CIA director oath on the Constitution instead of the Bible, like every other CIA director.
  • 41:17Tim addresses Brennan directly, saying he has nothing but respect for him and loves halal food.
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