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Trump never revoked John Brennan's security clearance
Washington Examiner ^ | 05/25/2019 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 05/27/2019 7:17:50 AM PDT by Rusty0604

President Trump never revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance.

The president announced in August that Brennan's security clearance was being stripped due to "erratic behavior" that disqualified him from having access to sensitive information.

But the White House never followed through with the complicated bureaucratic process of revocation, a source told the New York Times.

A CIA spokesperson declined to comment, telling the Washington Examiner the agency does not discuss individual security clearances. The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.

Although it was widely believed he had lost his clearance, Brennan has on occasion visited Capitol Hill to brief Democrats on national security matters.

Brennan has been an outspoken critic of Trump and his tendency to question the motives of members of the U.S. intelligence community.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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1 posted on 05/27/2019 7:17:50 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

Probably getting too good information from what he was looking at.


2 posted on 05/27/2019 7:19:28 AM PDT by struggle
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To: Rusty0604

Who do you believe? The president or the NYTs? What a dilemma!


3 posted on 05/27/2019 7:20:05 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Rusty0604

This story has been laid out but no proof exists. The suggestion that paperwork would make it difficult to revoke the guy’s clearance is comical, and suspect.


4 posted on 05/27/2019 7:20:58 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Rusty0604

More internal sabotage of the President by the deep state?


5 posted on 05/27/2019 7:21:33 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Rusty0604

Either way, the President had his reasons.


6 posted on 05/27/2019 7:21:41 AM PDT by madison10
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To: struggle

If true, remedy the error!


7 posted on 05/27/2019 7:22:30 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("The strangest women run wild down there Covered head to toe with Fur and hair." Al Stewart in Hanno)
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To: Rusty0604

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/15/brennan_on_losing_security_clearance_all_americans_should_reflect_on_how_dangerous_these_actions_are.html


8 posted on 05/27/2019 7:24:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Rusty0604

Seems like there are a lot of things concerning the deep state being “overlooked”.


9 posted on 05/27/2019 7:25:50 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Truth29

Sounds like that to me.


10 posted on 05/27/2019 7:26:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: struggle

What you said. I hope every beat of his heart is monitored.


11 posted on 05/27/2019 7:26:12 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Rusty0604
a source told the New York Times.

Stopped reading there.

12 posted on 05/27/2019 7:26:32 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: pepsionice
The suggestion that paperwork would make it difficult to revoke the guy’s clearance is comical, and suspect.

Pffttt... I had a clearance for almost 35 years and I've seen clearances revoked in under a day.

13 posted on 05/27/2019 7:26:45 AM PDT by rhombus10
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To: freedomlover

See Post 11. Brennan talks about his clearance being taken away.


14 posted on 05/27/2019 7:27:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Rusty0604

Having the clearance doesn’t imply that you have access to material.


15 posted on 05/27/2019 7:27:34 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Sacajaweau

Whoops Post 8...the link


16 posted on 05/27/2019 7:27:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: struggle

Thinking along the same lines
Giving him more rope to hang himself. Why stop your enemy from self destruction?!


17 posted on 05/27/2019 7:29:35 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Rusty0604

If true then Trump still does not control the levers of power. So far many tweets but no wall, aliens entering in huge numbers, no arrests of those who plotted against him and no withdrawal from foreign entanglements. Frankly believe that the crypto globalists who have infiltrated his Administration have encouraged this trade war so that the American economy, especially agriculture is weakened just in time for the 2020 election so to erode Trump’s political base.


18 posted on 05/27/2019 7:31:39 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Rusty0604

If true, Trump just wanted to give him more rope to hang himself with.


19 posted on 05/27/2019 7:38:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: Sacajaweau

This could be fake news. But it’s possible that Trump ordered it, and the deep state kept putting it off so it never got done.


20 posted on 05/27/2019 7:39:05 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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