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Rand Paul calls to revoke John Brennan's security clearance, asks if he's 'monetizing' access
Fox News ^ | 7/23/2018 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 07/23/2018 7:35:25 AM PDT by george76

Sen. Rand Paul called Monday for President Trump to revoke former CIA director John Brennan's security clearance, as he questioned whether the Obama-era spy boss was “monetizing” his access to sensitive information in his new role as a pundit.

“Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump?”

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Today I will meet with the President and I will ask him to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance

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Brennan’s role in the Russia probe “is in some ways more concerning than the FBI’s.”

“Mr. Brennan has taken credit for launching the Trump investigation,” Strassel wrote, adding that Brennan “took the lead on shaping the narrative that Russia was interfering in the election specifically to help Mr. Trump—which quickly evolved into the Trump-collusion narrative.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: brennan; cia; coup; deepstate; donaldtrump; draintheswamp; johnbrennan; nationalsecurity; paul; rand; randpaul; securityclearance; senate; trump
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1 posted on 07/23/2018 7:35:25 AM PDT by george76
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I am not always ‘in tune’ with Rand Paul, but he has a serious suggestion here, and I agree with him.


2 posted on 07/23/2018 7:37:24 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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Why the hell would he still have clearance?


3 posted on 07/23/2018 7:38:29 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: george76

Why stop there?


4 posted on 07/23/2018 7:38:37 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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Why the hell have all these traitors kept their clearance?
It is a long list too.


5 posted on 07/23/2018 7:39:21 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: george76

bookmark


6 posted on 07/23/2018 7:39:45 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Pollard

Why the hell would he still have clearance?

Exactly!!!

7 posted on 07/23/2018 7:40:45 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Why do ANY of these former employees have an active clearance? "F" that. The day I got laid off mine were no longer active. Guess I ain't as important as these assclowns. 😹🍿🍻👍🏼⚖
8 posted on 07/23/2018 7:41:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Brennan is no longer CIA chief, there is a little preface to security clearances, it is called NEED TO KNOW, so you may have a top secret clearance you can NOT ask for info willy nilly.


9 posted on 07/23/2018 7:46:15 AM PDT by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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“security clearance”
Certainly an oxymoron here.

Persons such as Brennan and fools should have NEVER received such classified information.

Just what are these clowns in congress thinking???
YOU’RE FIRED!


10 posted on 07/23/2018 7:47:41 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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Why would this enemy of the people still have a security clearance?


11 posted on 07/23/2018 7:48:00 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Sen. Rand Paul called Monday for President Trump to revoke former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance,

THEN CUFF HIM AND SEND HIM TO GITMO


12 posted on 07/23/2018 7:50:20 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: Pollard
"Why the hell would he still have clearance?"

Same reason Clapper, Rice, Jarrett, et al have it. I bet Hillary still has it.

13 posted on 07/23/2018 7:50:34 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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A commie-muslim with top level security clearance. Makes sense.


14 posted on 07/23/2018 7:51:07 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Psalm 73

Please revoke those clearances, Mr. President.


15 posted on 07/23/2018 7:54:42 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and President Trump)
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To: GOPJ; Jane Long; TADSLOS; RitaOK; HarleyLady27; poconopundit; Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; ...
Sen. Rand Paul called on Pres Trump to revoke Obama's ex-CIA director John Brennan's security clearance....
Sen Paul questioned whether the unemployed Brennan was “monetizing” his access to sensitive info.
SEN PAUL: “Is Brennan monetizing his security clearance....making millions divulging US secrets?

ACTION NOW---Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

TALKING POINTS: Remove security clearance from anybody connected to the Obama admin.....
including the Halfrican's Ntl Security Advisor Susan Rice, Valerie Jarrett, and so on
and all Hillary's State Dept henchmen.....Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, etc etc etc.

16 posted on 07/23/2018 7:55:15 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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I have a security clearance and once I no longer have a need to know, it will be suspended. Period. Yet these government hacks leave government to go to some "thinktank" with a media side gig and somehow retain their top secret clearances. So they can do things like Sandy Burglar and steal documents, for example. Or selectively leak stuff to their media cronies.

Everyone without a need to know should have their clearances yanked, and Brennan has no need to know in his current role. This should be standard process as it is everywhere else and at every other level of access.

17 posted on 07/23/2018 7:57:30 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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I think that most Americans who are interested in what our govt does in the way of their employees have thought that severance of their employment meant exactly that. No further connection with their former employer. If Brennan still has security clearance to access whatever he wants then how many more ex govt employees also have that same access? No wonder this deliberate hard left chaos that continues to disrupt the Trump administration is never ending. Our govt needs more Rand Paul elected leaders to clean house from top to bottom. Pres Trump cannot do everything by himself, he has to have help from congress and that means no more RINOS. This Nov election is so important to the survival of this Repubic.
18 posted on 07/23/2018 8:00:27 AM PDT by mountainfolk
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Even without need to know, they may have access through connections in one of the other 4 nations that share intelligence access with the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes


19 posted on 07/23/2018 8:01:48 AM PDT by mongrel
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To: Liz

Didn’t Aldrich Ames go to prison for life doing this?

Yes. He. Did.


20 posted on 07/23/2018 8:05:34 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes...?)
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