John Brennan

Guide Note:CEO and president John Brennan heads Analysis Corp., the company that employed one of the State Department contractors who looked at Senator Barack Obama's Passport files. Brennan, who counsels Obama on policy and intelligence issues, previously worked for the CIA and was the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

Fast Facts:

1. Name: John O. Brennan
2. Undergraduate degree: Political science at Fordham University
3. Masters degree: Government at University of Texas in Austin
4. According to CNN.com, he contributed $2,300 to the Barack Obama presidental campaign
5. Former CIA employee
6. Former director of the National Counterterrorism Center
7. According to CNN.com, the unidentified Analysis Corp. employee, as of March 22, 3008, has been disciplined, but not fired
8. According to CNN.com, the unidentified Analysis Corp. employee accessed Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain's passport files
9. CNN.com reports: Analysis Corp. has issued a statement declaring that it will cooperate with the federal investigation and that it will urge the contract employee to do the same