It wasn’t until the CIA’s inspector general confirmed this wrongdoing that Brennan began negotiating with the lily-livered senators about owning up to the spying. Even then, Brennan was lying. When asked about the CIA hacking into Senate computers at an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations, Brennan responded by saying, “Nothing could be further from the truth.” Nothing? “I mean, we wouldn’t do that,” he went on. “I mean, that’s just beyond the — you know, the scope of reason in terms of what we would do.” Brennan went on to say: “Let me assure you the CIA was in no way spying on [the committee] or the Senate.”

The Obama administration backed Brennan fully, and the Senate moved on. No one put him under oath and grilled him about the specifics. As with the FBI interference in the 2016 election, not one person was held accountable for domestic spying, much less fired.

Not that it matters very much, but this is probably the first time in over 20 years of writing — and I’ve written thousands of columns and millions of published words — that I’ve wondered why a public official isn’t in prison. Brennan has abused his position, power, and access with impunity for years. He deserves a bright orange jumpsuit. Yet we also all know he’ll never be held accountable either. So, at the very least, let’s hope he can be disgraced.

[The truly shameless can never be disgraced, because one has to submit to the truth in order to acknowledge disgrace. There are plenty of examples of this in politics, and not just among one political party. Brennan may not be as flamboyantly shameless as some, but he’s every bit as bad as they are. And the media will keep paying for his dishonesty too, as long as it serves their own agendas. — Ed]