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NBC Reporter: Trump Will Cause ‘Financial’ Harm to Clapper, Brennan by Revoking Security Clearances
Brietbart ^ | 24 July 2018 | Robert Kraychik

Posted on 07/24/2018 1:57:33 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian suggested Monday that President Donald Trump would hurt the livelihoods of Obama administration alumni by taking away the “valuable commodity” of their security clearances. Dilanian (pictured, bottom center), who covers the intelligence community and national security issues, accused Trump of “seeking to levy a financial penalty” on former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — both of whom are paid contributors at cable news networks.

Brennan now works for Dilanian’s employer NBC News as an MSNBC analyst. Clapper has since joined CNN in a similar capacity.

He further insinuated that federal employees should consider resisting the order if the president gives it, lambasting Trump for what he called an “extraordinary threat of political retribution.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brennan; clapper; jamesclapper; johnbrennan; leonpanetta; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; securityclearance; smearmachine; susanrice
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Why? They still have their “expertise”, don’t they? Of course, they will no longer have a LEGAL right to classified info. But then, somehow, I doubt neither they, nor their IC contacts, have ever been concerned with legalities. If their income from divulging state secrets, dries up, then, gee, that’s tough toenails. If the MSM won’t get access to the fodder they want, in order to try to bury Trump, that’s just too bad, too, isn’t it?
These people are so far gone, that they cannot see that their complaints about leakers losing their security clearance, show just how decadent, depraved, and immoral they’re proving themselves to be.


41 posted on 07/24/2018 2:17:16 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Ken Dilanian

I read something earlier this year that inferred Dilanian was a CIA asset.

42 posted on 07/24/2018 2:18:12 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Jim Robinson

Amen!


43 posted on 07/24/2018 2:18:34 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Even LeBron cannot muster up the sympathy on this.

44 posted on 07/24/2018 2:18:40 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

A security clearance is not a right...it is a privilege, and as such, can be taken away.


45 posted on 07/24/2018 2:19:49 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: niteowl77

Wow. These people are wicked.


46 posted on 07/24/2018 2:20:17 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: Buckeye McFrog
"Robert Mueller has done financial harm to Paul Manafort."

So is the Judge overseeing the case.

47 posted on 07/24/2018 2:21:14 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Crapper and Beanshit can always go and kiss a Bolshie donor’s a$$.


48 posted on 07/24/2018 2:21:20 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

lmao at Yeb! on the milk carton.


49 posted on 07/24/2018 2:21:42 PM PDT by AAABEST
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian suggested Monday that President Donald Trump would hurt the livelihoods of Obama administration alumni by taking away the “valuable commodity” of their security clearances.

How does this square with liberal screeching that these guys aren't monetizing their clearances?

50 posted on 07/24/2018 2:21:45 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

YES because they are SELLING OUR SECRETS!


51 posted on 07/24/2018 2:22:18 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Take away EVERYONE’s NOT DOING GOVT. WORK!


52 posted on 07/24/2018 2:24:16 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Too bad. So sad


53 posted on 07/24/2018 2:24:30 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: gubamyster

It used to be unheard of to have the former heads of cia and nsa making public political statements. Silence needs to be the rule again. I don’t want them spouting secrets on the nightly news.


54 posted on 07/24/2018 2:27:24 PM PDT by Oldexpat (C)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Maybe they should've thought about it before signing up to being talking heads.

Please note 32 CFR § 147.14 Guideline L—Outside activities (from "adjudication guidelines")

(a) The concern. Involvement in certain types of outside employment or activities is of security concern if it poses a conflict with an individual's security responsibilities and could create an increased risk of unauthorized disclosure of classified information.

(b) Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include any service, whether compensated, volunteer, or employment with:

(1) A foreign country;
(2) Any foreign national;
(3) A representative of any foreign interest;
(4) Any foreign, domestic, or international organization or person engaged in analysis, discussion, or publication of material on intelligence, defense, foreign affairs, or protected technology.

Point #4 was written just to deal with talking heads who seek to leverage supposed expertise as a result of having a clearance.

55 posted on 07/24/2018 2:28:51 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

And the problem is...???


56 posted on 07/24/2018 2:29:23 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Nobody should get a financial windfall nor expect one from a security clearance. Thats just wrong. America has millions of security clearances out there. And there are several that should not exist. Certainly those who make money on them should have their clearances taken away. Or at least put on hiatus.


57 posted on 07/24/2018 2:30:15 PM PDT by poinq
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Should have them executed.


58 posted on 07/24/2018 2:31:25 PM PDT by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Boo-effin’-hoo.


59 posted on 07/24/2018 2:33:38 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

So who provides the secure server and pays for it? They no longer are employees, so who pays for it? Maybe they go the Hillary route, but it needs to be looked into. What if they get hacked?


60 posted on 07/24/2018 2:37:20 PM PDT by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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