When Brian Williams interviewed former CIA Director and current MSNBC analyst John Brennan on Thursday's Deadline: White House on the latest controversies surrounding Michael Flynn, the Obama Administration and their energetic unmasking, the viewer could be forgiven for thinking that Williams was Brennan's defense attorney. He read from a Brennan tweet denouncing Trump for having a "despot's playbook" that "far surpasses even Russia's ability to trample the truth."