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    Former Spy Chief Brennan Looks Back At Sept. 11 — And Ahead To Presidential Election

    John Brennan discusses national security implications of Trump's coronavirus infection and what he'd have done differently post-Sept. 11. The former CIA director's memoir, Undaunted, is out this week.
    by Mary Louise Kelly Oct 06, 2020 5 minutes
    Former CIA chief John Brennan has a new book out titled <em>Undaunted. </em>

    Former CIA Director John Brennan is no fan of Donald Trump, having called the president a "disgraced demagogue" who belongs "in the dustbin of history."

    But these days, Brennan is rooting for the president, who returned to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday night. Trump had been at the hospital since Friday night, after revealing his positive coronavirus test early that morning.

    "I believe all Americans should wish Donald Trump a full and speedy recovery," Brennan told NPR on Monday. "The American people certainly deserve to have two healthy candidates in the election in November."

    Beyond that, Trump's medical condition has implications for national security, says Brennan, who ran the CIA from 2013 to 2017.

    In addition to global adversaries that may try to take advantage of the distraction, Brennan also raised concerns about whether the medications the president

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