When we last checked in on WorldNetDaily columnist John Griffing, he was so busy spewing hate that he couldn’t be bothered to get his facts straight. He’s still at it.
In the midst of a July 8 WND column spreading his usual anti-liberal hate, Griffing described former CIA director “John ‘Benghazi’ Brennan” as “a man who once voted for the Communist presidential candidate and may have converted to Islam.” Griffing actually gets the first claim right, albeit out of context; Brennan did vote for a communist presidential candidate in 1976 — but he was a college student at the time, it was a protest vote, and he was hired by the CIA anyway despite admitting the vote.
Griffing’s so-called proof that Brennan ” may have converted to Islam” is a 2013 WND article quoting the evidence-free claim being made by ex-FBI agent John Guandolo. Griffing didn’t mention that — as we noted at the time — Guandolo is utterly discredited, having left the FBI after being exposed as a serial philanderer and adulterer who jeopardized a federal investigation by having sex with a witness and trying to get her to donate money to a right-wing “anti-terrorism” organization. Guandolo has still not offered any proof to back up his claim.
So, not exactly the most reliable source. Then again, neither is Griffing.