<P> John Owen Brennan ( born September 22 , 1955 ) is an American intelligence official who served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) from March 2013 to January 2017 . He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama ; with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism , and Assistant to the President . His responsibilities included overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters , and he met with the president daily . Previously , he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 election campaign and presidential transition . Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support , while serving under President George W. Bush , for transferring terror suspects to countries where they might be tortured . Instead , Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor , a position which did not require Senate confirmation . </P>
<P> John Owen Brennan ( born September 22 , 1955 ) is an American intelligence official who served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) from March 2013 to January 2017 . He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama ; with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism , and Assistant to the President . His responsibilities included overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters , and he met with the president daily . Previously , he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 election campaign and presidential transition . Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support , while serving under President George W. Bush , for transferring terror suspects to countries where they might be tortured . Instead , Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor , a position which did not require Senate confirmation . </P>
who was head of the cia in 2016
who was head of the cia in 2016
John Owen Brennan
John Owen Brennan