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Ex-CIA Director Brennan's anti-Trump comments did 'damage' to intel community, Mullen says
foxnews.com ^ | Gregg Re

Posted on 08/19/2018 1:03:19 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Former CIA Director John Brennan risked damaging the intelligence community with his anti-Trump comments, retired Adm. Michael Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told "Fox News Sunday."

Mullen's comments came as several former intelligence officials appeared on Sunday talk shows, including Brennan -- who floated the possibility of taking legal action against the president.

"I think John's an extraordinary servant of the country, but I think he has been incredibly critical of the president, and I think that has put him in a political place which actually does more damage for the intelligence community -- which is apolitical," Mullen said.

Brennan had publicly accused President Trump of "treason" after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer in Helsinki, Finland, and he has repeatedly lambasted Trump with Twitter posts that critics have charged improperly hint at classified insider information about the ongoing Russia probe.

However, Mullen added, Trump's decision to revoke Brennan's security clearance last week raised significant concerns.

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders read a statement on behalf of the president during the start of the press briefing, saying Brennan "has a history that calls his credibility into question."

Specifically, the president's statement criticized Brennan for falsely telling Congress that the CIA had not infiltrated Senate computers, and for claiming that the unverified Steele dossier was not a factor in 2016 intelligence assessments.

The statement also claimed Brennan had been "leveraging" the clearance to make "wild outbursts" and claims against the Trump administration in the media.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brennan; cia; clearancegate; clownposse; coup; deepstate; jamesclapper; jamescomey; johnbrennan; leonpanetta; lisapage; mullen; peterstrzok; robertmueller; securityclearance; susanrice; trumpintelligence
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1 posted on 08/19/2018 1:03:19 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

First Clapper, now Mullen.


2 posted on 08/19/2018 1:12:01 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: RoosterRedux
I thought spies were supposed to keep their mouths shut...not go blabbing on national TV.
3 posted on 08/19/2018 1:12:30 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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John Brennan is dirty and probably has committed serious crimes. Must be felonies.

Brennan is absolutely off-the-rails with his rants. Something is driving him.

He protesteth too much-eth.

He did not count on Hillary losing. None of them did.


4 posted on 08/19/2018 1:15:19 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jane Long

And now Clapper is apparently embarrassed about Brennan’s rhetoric.

Clapper, of course, the proven liar about spying on Americans.


5 posted on 08/19/2018 1:16:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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It looks like Brennan is willing to fall on his sword for the cause.

That is, committing seppuku/hara-kiri over Trump to bring some kind of misguided honor to himself and his treason against the Country.

After the mask is removed, we will realize that we are in an existential battle with these Marxists...and either they will die or we will.

Marxism/Post-Modernism/Communism/Socialism is a religion...and a powerful and deeply held one.

As Jordan Peterson has said, paraphrasing Jung...people don't have ideas, ideas have people.

In simpler terms, the Left is possessed by its ideology.

Soon we will see that they are willing to kill you for it.

This is already emerging in the antifa riots.

They are possessed of the spirit of Marxism/Post-Modernism.

They are not inclined toward it...they are possessed by it.

6 posted on 08/19/2018 1:16:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Cowboy Bob
CIA Rules

"In the case of former CIA Directors, the agency 'holds' their security clearance and renews it every five years for the rest of their lives, however, that requires former CIA Directors to behave like current CIA employees."
CBS News, July 23


7 posted on 08/19/2018 1:17:49 PM PDT by donna (Corporations are using censorship to destroy President Trump and achieve Globalism.)
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FWIW, Rear Admiral Mullen was the head of the Benghazi Acountbilty Review Board that whitewashed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s actions and covered up their responsibility for both the Benghazi disaster as well as all the dirty tricks and illegal activities Clinton and Obama had been up to in Libya

Also, Brennan was Clinton and Obama’s guy in charge and Muslim Brotherhood liaison for both the Libya adventure and the rest of the Obama Arab Spring

8 posted on 08/19/2018 1:18:41 PM PDT by rdcbn
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I think Brennan is a muslim and a jihadi (and a true believer in such crap). Clapper is just a hardcore Leftie.


9 posted on 08/19/2018 1:18:55 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: SaveFerris
Yep. That’s what I meant. The throwing Brennan under the bus run, has begun. Beginning with Clap 👏🏻 er.
10 posted on 08/19/2018 1:20:35 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Too bad about Intel.

Is AMD still OK?


11 posted on 08/19/2018 1:20:45 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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Security clearances are apparently for sale to the media for trafficing in in leaked classified information.

Here’s how it works. Let’s say you have a clearance but no need to know. Someone on the inside can leak (i.e decide you have a NTK) and pass info to you. No crime has been committed, just a bad decision. On the other hand, no clearance means a crime has been committed by both people an are liable to 10 years in prison.


12 posted on 08/19/2018 1:22:40 PM PDT by seowulf
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To: RoosterRedux

Lousy muzzlime traitor, found and hired by a traitor.


13 posted on 08/19/2018 1:22:53 PM PDT by EinNYC
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Brennan is a giant poop stain on our intelligence service. They should all be ashamed of him.


14 posted on 08/19/2018 1:24:45 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Service to WHICH country??


15 posted on 08/19/2018 1:24:51 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Brennan is giving his paymasters what they want, lots of wild-eyed accusations and conspiracy theories. He trades on the fact he was CIA director, and has a security clearance to make a huge salary, bigger than he ever had working for the government. Whether or not he really means or believes what he says is a different matter.


16 posted on 08/19/2018 1:26:45 PM PDT by euram
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Hi.

“which actually does more damage for the intelligence community — which is apolitical,” Mullen said.”

Use to be apolitical Adm. Mullen. 0bama and his regime weaponized the entire federal government.

We need indictments, trials, convictions and hangings.

5.56mm


17 posted on 08/19/2018 1:27:33 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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Yep and CIA employees need to clear anything that goes into the press, even the obituaries of the agent once they pass. Did brennan get cleared by the agency to mouth off like that?


18 posted on 08/19/2018 1:27:50 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free wwg1wga! Woe is media...)
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To: M Kehoe

BTTT


19 posted on 08/19/2018 1:30:20 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RoosterRedux

1. If we know who the Director of the CIA is, for any reason other than a brief story about that person’s confirmation, that person is the wrong person for the job.

2. Back when I had a security clearance (TS with assorted alphabet nonsense), normal people needed both a clearance and need-to-know in order to access classified material. If the Deep State still followed the rules that productive Americans used to follow, need-to-know would automatically terminate when employment ended. All of these has-beens, from Brennan to Hillary should be denied access to classified material, whether or not their clearance is terminated, because they no longer have a professional need to know.


20 posted on 08/19/2018 1:33:10 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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