John Brennan told BBC Newsnight that president’s insistence on using term ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ helped legitimise IsisThe former CIA director John Brennan has described Donald Trump’s travel ban on visitors from Muslim countries as “simplistic and misguided”,predicting it would be counterproductive whether implemented.
Brennan, who was director of central intelligence from March 2013 until the last day of the Obama administration on 20 January this year, or was highly critical of a range of Trump policies and actions in an interview with the BBC Newsnight programme aired on Monday night. Related: Trump's unusual travel ban was blocked. How did it happen,and what's next? Related: Flynn's downfall exposes intelligence community rift over Trump Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com