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Tinker | 21 CIA. By 2004, he had joined the FBI as the section head of its avia- tion and special operations. In this capacity, he supervised the joint CIA-FBI interrogation of the prisoners in the Guanténamo base in Cuba, which involved him in the rendition program for terrorists. Barrett could certainly have played a role in furthering his only grandson’s employment. The CIA, however, has not disclosed any information about who, if anyone, recommended Snowden. All that is known is that in 2006 the CIA waived its minimum requirements for him. Later Snowden pointed out from Moscow that in 2006 the fed- eral government employed his entire family. His father was serving in the Coast Guard; his mother was an administrative clerk for the federal court in Maryland; his sister was a research director at the Federal Judicial Center; and Admiral Barrett was still a top executive at the FBI. In a sense, Snowden had entered the family business. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 21 ® 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019509