The Analysis Corporation was a private intelligence contractor whose alleged role in a scheme to manipulate national security for personal financial gain is the central argument of High Stakes Treason, a book by author Ian Trottier that accuses former CIA Director John Brennan of enriching himself through stock he was required by law to sell. Trottier joined Rick Rene on the B2T Show on September 21, 2026, to lay out those allegations in detail, weeks before Brennan’s scheduled October 15 grand jury appearance in Fort Pierce, Florida.
What follows is FaithNFreedom’s account of what Trottier argued, attributed throughout to him and his sources. The allegations in High Stakes Treason are Trottier’s own, documented with SEC filings, ethics disclosure records, and other public documents reproduced in the book’s appendix. John Brennan has publicly denied collusion-related allegations. No criminal charges have been filed against him as of the date of this broadcast. The October 15 appearance concerns alleged perjury related to congressional testimony about Russian collusion — a separate matter from the stock and intelligence allegations at the center of Trottier’s book.
How is the Analysis Corporation involved?
According to Trottier, the Analysis Corporation was founded in 1990 with the original mission of tracking Mujahideen activity following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. It grew into a government contractor specializing in tracking the credit card activity, hotel stays, airline travel, and physical movement of suspected terrorists globally — what Trottier describes as a credit-card-to-courtroom surveillance capability built for the global war on terror.
Trottier argues that John Brennan served as president of the Analysis Corporation before joining the Obama administration. When Brennan took on a senior advisory role at Homeland Security and later helped create the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), he was required under federal ethics rules to liquidate his holdings in the Analysis Corporation. Trottier alleges — and says the book documents with SEC filings and ethics disclosure forms — that Brennan never liquidated those holdings, and that an ethics waiver granted by Obama administration ethics officer Norm Eisen did not excuse the failure to divest.
“What we allege is that John Brennan manipulated national intelligence by putting it into code-word compartments,” Trottier told Rick on air, “so that he could enrich himself in the illegally held stocks of the Analysis Corporation which he was supposed to liquidate, but he held onto.” Trottier says Brennan’s disclosed net worth went from approximately $50,000 in 2009 to just under $4.85 million when the Analysis Corporation was sold to Aries Management — a Hong Kong-based firm — in late 2011. Those figures, Trottier says, are documented through SEC filings reproduced in the book’s appendix.
Beyond the financial allegations, Trottier claims the Analysis Corporation also received contracts worth approximately $42 million for database, facility management, and computer-related services — contracts that Trottier argues Brennan steered to the company while concealing his ownership stake.
What Is High Stakes Treason About?
High Stakes Treason: How John Brennan Compromised American Security for Millions is Trottier’s book, published by Post Hill Press under its Bombardier Books imprint in July 2025, with a foreword by Roger Stone and a second foreword by former CIA officer John Kiriakou. Trottier says the book contains approximately 25 alleged felonies he and his source — a former FBI agent he identifies as John Donovan — believe Brennan committed against the American people.
Trottier came to the project after Donovan approached him at a CPAC event in Maryland in 2024. Donovan had spent years documenting his research, had received a death threat, and told Trottier he had approached more than 100 media outlets without success. Trottier spent roughly two years editing, vetting, and adding documentation before finding a publisher willing to proceed after a legal review.
The book’s core argument, as Trottier stated it on air: Brennan knew that terror events on American soil would trigger congressional funding for the global war on terror, and that those funding increases would flow to the Analysis Corporation — raising the stock value of a company in which he held undisclosed shares. Trottier alleges Brennan sequestered intelligence relevant to three specific attacks, preventing them from being stopped: the 2009 underwear bomber aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, the 2011 Anders Breivik attack in Norway (a NATO ally), and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing by the Tsarnaev brothers.
“He knew that a terror event on this country would result in taxpayer dollars flooding into Congress,” Trottier said. “Congress approving more funding to defend the global war on terror. And this indispensable government contractor — meaning monopoly — anytime Congress funded that global war on terror, the Analysis Corporation received money and therefore the stock value increased.”
These are Trottier’s allegations. They have not been adjudicated in any court. Brennan has not publicly responded to the specific stock-ownership claims in the book.
Who Is Ian Trottier?
Trottier describes himself as a California native who started a valet parking company called iPark in San Francisco — a company he says was later acquired by Imperial Parking, a large New York City parking operator. He says he came to political research through a local controversy in Miami in 2016 over the Zika virus and pesticide spraying, which led him to found a podcast called Discussions of Truth on Wynwood Radio, a small online station. Early guests on that podcast included John Kiriakou, G. Edward Griffin, and Sherri Tenpenny.
Trottier’s first book, No More Lies, has been under contract with Trine Day since 2018 or 2019 but has not yet been published. He describes becoming involved in the Clay Clark reawakened tour circuit and attending CPAC events, which is where he encountered Donovan and the research that became High Stakes Treason. He says the book is available in a signed copy at highstakestreason.com, and that Skyhorse Publishing — which published The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Google Leaks by Zach Vorhies — was in discussions before he ultimately signed with Post Hill Press.
Why Does Trottier Use the Word Treason?
Trottier explained his reasoning on air. Under the U.S. Constitution, treason is defined as giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the country. Trottier argues that by sequestering intelligence related to three terror attacks — allowing those attacks to occur when they could have been prevented — Brennan provided that aid and comfort, making the conduct treasonous by constitutional definition in Trottier’s view.
He also noted the title was deliberately chosen over “high treason,” a term he says is recognized in English law as a crime against the monarch but has no standing in American jurisprudence. “High stakes treason” was selected because, in Trottier’s words, “the stakes were very high” — a city of Boston’s population affected, a $4.85 million financial gain, and multiple lives lost.
Trottier additionally ties Brennan to the Russian collusion investigation as motive, arguing that Brennan’s exposure through the Analysis Corporation allegations gave him personal reason to work to prevent Donald Trump — a political outsider — from entering office and potentially exposing the conduct. Roger Stone writes in his foreword, Trottier says, that Brennan orchestrated the Russian collusion effort. Tulsi Gabbard has reportedly released emails linking Brennan to the Russian collusion narrative, though Trottier notes that subject and his book’s allegations are related but distinct investigations.
Rick Rene, on air, expressed agreement with Trottier’s framing: “I think anybody that’s part of the movement that I’m in with reporting on Q et cetera, that we know that he’s probably done way more stuff than what you have here. But this is what I love about this — it’s documented with massive amounts of receipts.” Rick’s characterization represents his own view as host, not an editorial finding by FaithNFreedom.
What Is a Qui Tam Lawsuit, and What Does It Have to Do With This Book?
A qui tam lawsuit, under the federal False Claims Act, allows a private citizen — sometimes called a relator — to file a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. government against a party alleged to have defrauded it. If the lawsuit succeeds, the citizen who filed it may receive a portion of any recovered funds.
Trottier told Rick on air that anyone who obtains a copy of High Stakes Treason could potentially file a qui tam lawsuit based on the information documented in the book’s appendix, naming John Brennan, the CIA, and the Analysis Corporation as parties who allegedly committed fraud against the American people. He said he has not yet filed such a lawsuit himself but plans to do so, and that he would not object if others filed first. He described it as a collective legal mechanism — “the common person saying there’s malfeasance, there’s fraud being committed on the American people at the heights of the U.S. government.”
The legal theory underlying the potential qui tam action, as Trottier described it, is that Brennan’s alleged manipulation of national intelligence while holding undisclosed stock in a government contractor that benefited from terrorism-driven funding constitutes fraud against the federal government and, by extension, the American taxpayer.
What Is John Brennan’s Current Legal Status?
As of the September 21, 2026 broadcast, John Brennan has not been charged with any crime in connection with the allegations in Trottier’s book. Trottier described an active legal process in a separate matter: subpoenas have been issued through the office of U.S. Attorney Jason Quinones in the Southern District of Florida, Fort Pierce division, requiring Brennan to appear on October 15, 2026. Those subpoenas, Trottier said, relate to alleged perjury charges stemming from Brennan’s congressional testimony about Russian collusion in 2023 — not the Analysis Corporation stock allegations that are the subject of High Stakes Treason.
Trottier noted that Rep. Jim Jordan requested the Pam Bondi DOJ investigate Brennan in October 2025, approximately one week after Trottier had visited congressional offices and distributed copies of the book. Joseph diGenova, who had been involved in the Southern District investigation, has reportedly stepped away from it. Trottier said he has made approximately five phone calls to Quinones’ office seeking to speak directly with the U.S. attorney and has not received a response.
Brennan has publicly called Russian collusion allegations against him disinformation. At a George Mason University symposium, according to Trottier, an NCTC analyst confronted Brennan about emails released by Gabbard, and Brennan characterized them as disinformation. Trottier argues that each public denial by Brennan resets applicable statutes of limitations — a legal mechanism he says is relevant to any eventual prosecution.
The allegations in High Stakes Treason are Trottier’s, based on documentation he and Donovan assembled. They represent a case Trottier is making, not findings of any court, government agency, or investigative body. The book’s full appendix — including SEC filings, ethics disclosure forms, and visitor logs — is available to readers who wish to evaluate the sourcing directly. Trottier notes that some source links have been scrubbed from the internet, and recommends the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine for locating removed pages.
Raised On Air, Not In the Book: Visa Approvals and Passport Data
Trottier raised two further allegations during the interview that he is careful to distinguish from High Stakes Treason. Neither is part of the book’s documented case.
The first concerns visas issued in Saudi Arabia. Former State Department official Michael Springmann — author of Visas for Al Qaeda — has said publicly that he was pressured to approve visas for individuals he believed were dangerous while posted at the U.S. consulate in Jeddah. Trottier points to a video published on his own channel presenting Springmann’s account, in which Brennan is said to have approved 15 of the 19 visas later used by the September 11 hijackers. Trottier notes that Springmann is referenced in High Stakes Treason, but not in connection with this allegation, and that journalist Mike Benz released an extensive independent investigation in August 2025 arriving at similar conclusions without having read the book.
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The second concerns passport records. Trottier said on air that in 2007 the Analysis Corporation was used to scrub passport records related to Barack Obama’s travel to Pakistan — a trip that journalist Jake Tapper of CNN was investigating at the time — and that two Analysis Corporation employees associated with that operation later died under circumstances he describes as mysterious. Trottier states plainly that this material is not part of High Stakes Treason.
Both are allegations. Neither has been established by any court, congressional committee, or investigative body, and Brennan has not responded publicly to either.
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Questions About the Analysis Corporation and High Stakes Treason
What was the Analysis Corporation?
The Analysis Corporation was a private intelligence contractor founded in 1990, originally to track Mujahideen movements after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. It later evolved into a company that monitored suspected terrorists’ financial transactions, travel records, and physical movements on behalf of U.S. government agencies. According to Ian Trottier’s book High Stakes Treason, John Brennan served as its president before joining the Obama administration, and the company received approximately $42 million in government contracts during the period when Trottier alleges Brennan still held undisclosed stock in it.
What does High Stakes Treason argue about John Brennan?
Author Ian Trottier argues in High Stakes Treason that Brennan manipulated national intelligence by sequestering terrorism-related information in classified code-word compartments, allegedly allowing three terror attacks to proceed — the 2009 underwear bomber, the 2011 Breivik attack, and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing — because each attack triggered additional congressional funding for the global war on terror, which in turn increased the stock value of the Analysis Corporation, where Trottier alleges Brennan held shares he was legally required to liquidate but did not. The book documents these claims through SEC filings, ethics disclosure forms, and other public records reproduced in its appendix. These are Trottier’s allegations; no court has adjudicated them.
Who is Ian Trottier, and what is his background?
Ian Trottier is a researcher, podcast host, and author who began investigating government corruption in 2016 while looking into a Zika virus controversy in Miami. He founded the Discussions of Truth podcast on Wynwood Radio in 2016 and has a first book, No More Lies, under contract with Trine Day that has not yet been published. He took on the Brennan project after a former FBI agent named John Donovan approached him at CPAC in 2024, and spent roughly two years vetting and editing the research before High Stakes Treason was published by Post Hill Press under its Bombardier Books imprint in July 2025, with forewords by Roger Stone and John Kiriakou.
What is a qui tam lawsuit and how does it relate to this book?
A qui tam lawsuit is a legal action filed by a private citizen under the federal False Claims Act, alleging that fraud has been committed against the U.S. government. The citizen filing the suit — called a relator — may receive a share of any funds the government recovers. Ian Trottier told Rick Rene on air that anyone with a copy of High Stakes Treason could potentially file a qui tam lawsuit naming Brennan, the CIA, and the Analysis Corporation, based on the fraud-on-the-government theory the book documents. Trottier said he has not yet filed one himself but plans to, and would not object if others acted first.
What is John Brennan’s current legal status as of September 2026?
As of the September 21, 2026 broadcast, Brennan has not been charged with any crime. He has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida on October 15, 2026. Those subpoenas relate to alleged perjury in his congressional testimony about Russian collusion — a separate legal matter from the stock and intelligence allegations in Trottier’s book. Brennan has publicly denied Russian collusion allegations, calling them disinformation. Rep. Jim Jordan requested the DOJ investigate Brennan in October 2025; that investigation’s status was not confirmed as of the broadcast date.
Why does Trottier use the word treason in the title?
Trottier explains that under the U.S. Constitution, treason is defined as giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the country. He argues that by allegedly withholding intelligence that could have prevented three terror attacks, Brennan gave that aid and comfort, meeting the constitutional definition. Trottier deliberately chose “high stakes treason” over “high treason” because the latter is a British legal concept tied to crimes against a monarch — a concept with no standing in American law. The title reflects Trottier’s legal and moral characterization of the alleged conduct, not a court finding.
What role did John Kiriakou play in the book?
John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer who served two years in federal prison, wrote one of the forewords to High Stakes Treason. Trottier said Kiriakou was among the first people he approached with the research, and that Kiriakou told him directly: “John Brennan destroyed my career.” Trottier attributes Kiriakou’s imprisonment to action taken by Brennan and the Obama administration. Kiriakou has been a guest on Trottier’s podcast. His foreword, written before the DOJ began examining Brennan, includes his own firsthand account of the professional consequences he attributes to Brennan.
Where do the 9/11 visa allegations come from, and are they in the book?
They are not part of High Stakes Treason. Michael Springmann, a former State Department official and author of Visas for Al Qaeda, has said publicly that he was pressured to approve visas for individuals he believed were dangerous while posted in Saudi Arabia. The specific claim that Brennan approved 15 of the 19 visas later used by the September 11 hijackers appears in a video on Ian Trottier’s channel presenting Springmann’s account, and in an independent August 2025 investigation by journalist Mike Benz. Springmann is referenced in Trottier’s book, but not in connection with this allegation. These are allegations; they have not been established in any judicial or congressional proceeding.
