VIDEO- Conversation with CIA Director John O. Brennan - Council on Foreign Relations

Speaker: John O. Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence AgencyPresider: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC NewsMarch 11, 2014

John O. Brennan discusses challenges to the intelligence community and reflects on his first year as CIA director.

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