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Friday, August 15, 2025

REPORT: Whistleblower Alleges John Brennan’s ‘Pathological Need For Control’ Corrupted Trump-Russia Investigation - AOL.com

A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and co-author of the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), which tied then-President-elect Donald Trump to allegations of Russian interference, claimed former CIA Director John Brennan controlled the ICA’s contents and dissemination, according to a Tuesday report.

The anonymous whistleblower shared the behind-the-scenes creation of the infamous “Russiagate” document, in an interview with Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag’s Public on Tuesday.

The whistleblower asserted former senior CIA officer Susan Miller, who previously claimed involvement in the ICA, “had no role in the ICA,” according to the report.

“Members of Miller’s analytic team participated in the ICA, but she had zero role,” the senior analyst claimed.

The whistleblower claims the person who played a large role in crafting the ICA was actually Brennan.

“John Brennan’s pathological need for control was one of the key corruptions within the ICA process and the Fusion Cell,” the whistleblower alleged. (RELATED: Most Voters Want Accountability For Russiagate, New Rasmussen Poll Shows)

The “Fusion Cell” was a group of analysts and representatives from various intelligence agencies that included the ICA drafters.

However, senior CIA officials reportedly restricted the team’s access to information and “refused to allow outside analytic experts within the [Directorate of Analysis] to review either the ICA itself or the underlying source reporting,” neglecting a...



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