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White House: Trump Has Started ‘Mechanism’ for Pulling Security Clearances from ‘Certain Individuals
Brietbart ^ | 25 July 2018 | Joshua Caplan

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: awesomeness; brennan; jamescomey; johnbrennan; lisapage; peterstrzok; robertmueller; securityclearances; thecommunist; trump; trumpnatlsecurity
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

BOOM...

As in, “Lower the BOOM on their heads”...


61 posted on 07/25/2018 7:19:38 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: carriage_hill

Thanks! I try!


62 posted on 07/25/2018 7:39:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Lakeside Granny
YASS!!

Love this timely REMINDER....


63 posted on 07/25/2018 7:42:22 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

You know that Sandy Berger had died, right?


64 posted on 07/25/2018 8:09:43 PM PDT by Does so (No mention of "Brown Shirts" on this page?)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Hahahahahahahahaha!


65 posted on 07/25/2018 8:19:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: semimojo

The perception among the voters may be that they DO have access and therefore what they claim has some merit...when in reality there is no merit.


66 posted on 07/25/2018 8:21:36 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Does so; Vince Ferrer

I must admit if I knew he had died, I had forgotten it.

Sad. To think that what you will be best known to posterity for is sticking classified documents down your pants.

Well, he is gone now. Cancer in 2015.


67 posted on 07/25/2018 8:23:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: JerseyDvl

The clearances don’t matter. Access is given on a “need to know” basis. Providing classified information to an unauthorized person without a “need to know” is crime even if the person has the proper clearances.


68 posted on 07/25/2018 8:31:07 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
state proteges that feed them information.

This is a crime.

69 posted on 07/25/2018 8:32:13 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va
“state proteges that feed them information.
This is a crime.”

Not necessarily. If the person (e.g. Clapper) has unlimited access than the protégé can probably do it legally.

Which is why I advocate narrowing the clearance's “need to know” and only allow them access to specified administration personnel. If a deep state protégé violated these restrictions it would then be a crime.

70 posted on 07/25/2018 8:46:03 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“What a day. A deal with the EU, Rosenstein, and revoking those slime bucket’s credentials. Sleep well DJT.”

Yeah, those and squashing CNN’s scumbag Kaitlan Collins like a bug, and today is one of those days of winning like no other ...


71 posted on 07/25/2018 9:24:30 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: rlmorel

I pray to God it was from bleeding out from paper cuts to his “unit”


72 posted on 07/25/2018 10:01:40 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Vince Ferrer

He’s dead, Jim...


73 posted on 07/25/2018 10:58:35 PM PDT by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Arrest, try and hang Brennan, Comey and Hillary.


74 posted on 07/26/2018 12:17:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

And McCabe.


75 posted on 07/26/2018 12:42:08 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Mean Daddy

Re: “I can’t imagine any of them being briefed”
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Maybe their comrades (who still work with classified information in the government) are feeding it to them?


76 posted on 07/26/2018 12:42:12 AM PDT by deks
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

NO ONE that isn’t doing Govt. work should keep their clearances after they leave!! NO ONE!


77 posted on 07/26/2018 1:05:14 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Not necessarily. If the person (e.g. Clapper) has unlimited access than the protégé can probably do it legally.

Clapper has to have a "need to know". Working for CNN is not a "need to know". Have you ever has a security clearance? I have. TS/SBI.

78 posted on 07/26/2018 3:53:27 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: deks

That could very well be, but like you alluded to, not in an official capacity. Either way, it would be illegal.


79 posted on 07/26/2018 4:08:42 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: crz

You have to start somewhere. Even if it’s a fruitless battle.


80 posted on 07/26/2018 5:33:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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