Posted on 07/23/2018 12:16:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday said that President Trump is exploring whether to remove the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan and other top Obama-era intelligence officials.
Sanders accused Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey and others of “politicizing” and “monetizing” their public service.
“They’ve politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances,” Sanders said during the daily briefing. “Making baseless accusations of improper contact with Russia, or begin influenced by Russia against the president is extremely inappropriate and the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence.”
Sanders’ comments came after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested on Twitter that Brennan should have his security clearance revoked.
“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?” Paul wrote. He said he was meeting Monday to ask Trump to remove Brennan’s security clearance.
Brennan and other former officials have been publicly critical of the president’s comments about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump sparked bipartisan criticism last week when he cast doubt on the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian election interference — a remark he later walked back.
Sanders also said Monday that Trump is “looking to take away” security clearances belonging to former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe — the FBI official who was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in March before the publication of an inspector general report that criticized his conduct.
Do it! Now!
Stuff that should have happened on Day 1.
Media just received floppy colon lost in house spy’s and keys to files.
There going to be drinking early today.
This hasn’t been done yet?!?!?!?!?!!!!???! After obama whatever his real Arabic Muslim name might be?! This should have been
Done on day 1
Is there some valid reason or is Trump just slow to figure some things out (e.g. the depth and dimensions of the swamp, Sessions, Rosenstein, staff turnover, etc.)? When you’re up to your ass in snakes and alligators, continually feeding and letting them wander around in isn’t your best move.
Do it!
I had a top secret years ago. What ever happened to “need to know”?
Imho, that should have been on the TOP TEN list of items to be done on the 1st day of work just after swearing in.
Aren’t Brennan and Comey CURRENTY UNDER CRIMIAL INVESTIGATION?
Comey has been awful quiet since he found out (on the air) that a criminal referral was made against him.
A reporter for fox news just said on cavuto you could hear a gasp in the press room. LOL!
DO IT !!!
The clearance is revoked when you leave your job. You are talking about the 10 year or 5 year review period a clearence investigation allows reinsurance without another full vetting.
Poor Comey! Didn’t he hear he was fired on the news? Guy can’t get a break. MAGA
Should have been done day one. Utter FAIL of this administration.
I’m sure I am not alone when I say that I didn’t know ANYBODY kept their security clearance upon leaving job/service.
Losing clearance should be automatic and only reinstated on a piece by piece basis.
Yes, it should have been. This is one of those things about which you cannot understand why they've hesitated.
Then they should have to reapply based on the employers job requiring “ need to know”
What is CNN’s “ need to know”?
Polygraphs of that crew would prove interesting
Even then “ need to know” is based on job requirements
No SAP unless special read-in required
If Trump, Coats, etc. yanks Brennan’s security clearance, can he get the same info from his buddies in Five Eyes?
There are more than a million people with ‘Top Secret’ clearance. There are no secrets, there’s just stuff that government won’t confirm. The reason for all the fake ‘secrets’ is to confuse the fake with the real, to ensure uncertainty and skepticism. Brennan going to be in the know unless serious measures are taken; much more serious than revoking clearance.
Yes. I wondered why it wasn’t done last year. How come we knew it to be so and Trump was advised it wasn’t necessary????Is that how it went? Geez.
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