The Family Jewels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Jewels_(Central_Intelligence_Agency)
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/resources/intelligence-related-commissions
What I think Mr. Brennan is ultimately going to describe as "surreal" is the feeling of air rushing between his bare toes as he swings at the end of a rope by his neck until dead.