Posted on 07/25/2018 5:06:14 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
President Donald Trump has started “the mechanism” for pulling security clearances from “certain individuals,” a White House aide revealed Tuesday. White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters aboard Air Force One traveling to Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland, that the administration has begun taking the necessary steps to revoke access to classified information from former top intelligence officials but declined to get into specifics.
“What I can say is that the president finds it extremely inappropriate for somebody to go on television under the perception of legitimacy, integrity and level false and baseless claims against another person without any evidence whatsoever,” Gidley told the press gaggle. “He finds that to be somewhat troublesome and concerning, and so he has begun the mechanism to remove security clearances from certain individuals. The names were listed yesterday. And when we have a further announcement on that, we’ll give it to you.”
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday that President Trump is “exploring the mechanisms” to remove the security clearance of Obama-era intelligence officials, including ex-CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey. “The president contends to the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence,” Sanders told White House press reporters.
One reporter pressed Hogan for additional information: “Speaker [Paul] Ryan said he thought the president was just trolling in regards to the clearance issue. Is this serious?”
“No. I mean, the president thinks it is extremely inappropriate for people to go out on television and level those claims with no evidence — to tease an audience with information that they claim to have but offer no backup. That’s problematic..."
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Now, just for the hell of it Mr. President, suspend all the retirement payments for any anti-government traitors. Win or lose, go to court for 12 years and drain them dry.
Oh that. Uh, OK. Well at least its a start, I guess. IMO, I havent much faith, or any, that anything will get done quickly concerning that creep. He needs to go ASAP. But as I understand, they are heading off for a long recess. So, we all had better get at them in their offices in their districts and find out if they intend on Town Hall meetings and let em all have it there. As for my rep here in this district, Paul Gosar, I havent much of a problem with his views on this point, but I have a BONE to pick with him concerning other issues-USFS.
Per the EU tariff issue, My congrats to the PM of the UK for dragging her ugly feet in regs to Brexit. The EU cabal has cut the legs right out from under her with this announcement today.
Especially if they were fired for insubordination.
Yes, you are right it was Brennan. I did get the two mixed up. Thank you for the correction.
“Clearance doesn’t equate to access.”
That is how it should work. However, I would bet money that Clapper and Brennan have deep state proteges that feed them information.
Information should not only be limited to need to know, but limit access to certain individuals and prohibit all others from sharing data/information (not just classified).
If former employees use their access to the detriment of the current administration they should be prepared to have their access cut off.
Problem is it gives them access to aspects of foreign intelligence.
I'm not going to bother trying again.
I never left. Just working hard.
“Clearance doesn’t equate to access”
True, from a US perspective. But what if foreign governments (FivEy, NATO) were using the existing US clearance to extend a reciprocal foreign clearance and provide access? Including US sourced material shared under country-to-country agreements?
Things that make you go “hmmmmmm....”
Good God. Do it or don’t.
Must include Hillary, John Kerry and Valerie Jarrett
Would love to find evidence of one of them revealing classified information, and go to prison for a long vacation.
But if you’re not being briefed, what good is it unless your in possession of something classified as Top Secret?
No the problem is that are using their classified access to the detriment of the administration. Someone with access have it to further the goals of the current administration and the country.
If the individual has issues with what is being done it is incumbent of them to make their issues known to the administration, not then use this access to be a talking head.
True integrity would be for the individual to say they can no longer support the administration’s position, leaving it to the administration to then determine the continuing value of that individual’s input.
Unfortunately the Dems loyalty is to their party and party’s power, not to the country.
They have no Wendell Willkie: Willkie told a friend, “If I could write my own epitaph and if I had to choose between saying, ‘Here lies an unimportant President’, or, ‘Here lies one who contributed to saving freedom at a moment of great peril’, I would prefer the latter.”
The clearance is meaningless with regard to having continued access (they don’t have that.) However, it is critical to remove so they don’t have the appearance of legitimacy when they speak their lies.
When I left government service 35 years ago I was told my Top Secret clearance was null and void. In those days you must have a need to know designation to keep a secret clearance or higher.
Lots of jobs require active ts/sci + poly. Many orgs and companies won’t even consider you if your clearance isn’t active.
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