EXCERPT:
BRENNAN: “Well, I think we have seen that Iran is going to feel obliged as it has in the past to carry out some type of a retaliatory strike. And especially during period of presidential transition when we have to be sure that this administration doesn’t do anything to undermine the next administration’s approach to these very, very challenging issues. And so, therefore I believe that there needs to be standards of international behavior to exclude assassinations. And so I believe it’s reckless because, again, it can provoke an Iranian response that could escalate then into not just heightened regional tension but also possible confrontation.”