John O. Brennan Profile
BIRTH DATE: Sept. 22, 1955
AGE: 57
EDUCATION:
• Bachelor's degree, political science, Fordham University, 1977
• Master's degree, government, University of Texas at Austin, 1980
EXPERIENCE:
• Assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, 2009-present
• President and CEO of The Analysis Corporation, McLean, Va., 2005-08
• Interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center, 2004-2005
• Director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, 2003-2004
• CIA deputy executive director, 2001-2003
FAMILY:
• Wife, Katy Pokluda Brennan
• 3 children.
QUOTE: "Unfortunately, sometimes you have to take life to save lives, and that's what we've been able to do to prevent these individual terrorists from carrying out their murderous attacks." - Brennan in 2012 on ABC's "This Week."
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will nominate John Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran, currently serves as Obama's top counterterrorism adviser. The White House says the president will announce Brennan's nomination during an event Monday afternoon.
At the same event, an administration official says, the president will also formally announce that he is nominating Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. Both men must be confirmed by the Senate.
Obama considered Brennan for the top CIA job in 2008. But Brennan withdrew his name amid questions about his connection to enhanced interrogation techniques while serving in the spy agency during the George W. Bush administration.
Brennan denied involvement in the controversial interrogation tactics, including waterboarding, and has spoken out against them.
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
The Associated Press