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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: gibsonguy

My only regret about the 2016 election is that Ryan didn’t run against Trump and receive a Trump humiliation nickname.


81 posted on 07/26/2018 5:38:52 AM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Argh! I am going to have to work to get that punishment out of my mind!


82 posted on 07/26/2018 5:45:58 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: central_va

Yes, TS SCI as a J3 Special Ops TF and Asst G-3 101st ABN.

And that is my point, Clapper (et al) should have a defined need to know based on benefit to the current administration. Just being a former DNI (CIA director, etc.) should not equate to unlimited access to classified data. Especially if the individual takes a position where access to that data is being used for their monetary benefit and becomes detrimental to the current administration.

I have not heard any of the talking heads mention the limiting need to know. I do not believe the deep state is enforcing need to know, either by defined limits on the former official and what current employees can relate.


83 posted on 07/26/2018 5:48:59 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
the administration has begun taking the necessary steps to revoke access to classified information from former top intelligence officials

Once again, there is a distinction between clearance and access. One can have a clearance but if there is no need to know, they should not have access. A clearance without access is like a diploma, its a piece of paper and a line on a resume. There is no reason for any of these Obama admin pukes to have access and that should be strongly enforced, to include reprimands for current officials granting access.

84 posted on 07/26/2018 6:23:26 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: gibsonguy

“What a jerk.”

The percentage of time Ryan is correct when he is quoted in the press is very low.


85 posted on 07/26/2018 7:13:27 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
All folk that are no longer in the gig reguiring their original "NEED TO KNOW" for a Gov Security Classification should be stripped of the clearance.

When you are a Gov Contractor or working for one, you don't get to keep the clearance when you leave the place of employment that required you to gain the clearance.
86 posted on 07/26/2018 7:21:27 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They should have security clearance only if they are advising President. If not they should not have security clearance at all none of them.


87 posted on 07/26/2018 7:28:55 AM PDT by ducks1944 (GOD Bless the USA .)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Does Paul Ryan have a security clearance,and if so will he keep it after leaving the govt this Nov? How many lobbyists have security clearance? It would be good and beneficial for the voting citizens of this country to know the details of clearance and the levels of security afforded to those who have a clearance. I suspect that this clearance is used and abused by the likes of Brennan and his confederate anti Trumpers. We have seen how the US laws have been corrupted to damage the Trump presidency and a good many citizens and voters no longer trust the agencies that are still in the grip of former employees who have access to people and information that is not available to the general public. They still think they are special and above the law that is forced on, in their minds, low level tax payers. Watch Paul Ryan turn up on a huge remuneration pay roll of some lobbyist firm or corporate enterprise where his former govt employment and influence brings top dollar. Pull all non govt employed security clearance permits now and start over. Including past presidents and others who can easily get a need to know clearance for limited occasions, as often as needed. Clean House.


88 posted on 07/26/2018 7:50:21 AM PDT by mountainfolk
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Thank you soo much for your service. Glad you’re catchin some break time and glad you are spending some of your time here. Always enjoyed your posts.

Only good thing about living in the D.C.area is the opportunity to volunteer at Walter Reed. (Started out volunteering on Ward 52, the amputation ward during the war with Iraq.)

Think the world of you guys...and then some.


89 posted on 07/26/2018 3:22:41 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
It's been nearly two years and the president is still fighting the bas*erds who refuse to comply with just who won. Most all of us in FReeperville knoew what a tyrant Soetero was and is, what a horror of a demonic stale fruitcake Hillary is( made from formaldehyde and frayed bat guano) and it just ain't getting any easier but we are winning every day.

Back fill that swamp of radioactivity.

90 posted on 07/26/2018 5:36:11 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: lizma2

Thank you so much.


91 posted on 07/26/2018 5:52:39 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Former US officials with clearance go to foreign countries and have access to information gained from those countries spying on us.


92 posted on 07/26/2018 8:53:45 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Bernard

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93 posted on 07/26/2018 9:27:36 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Great Article. I love reading the articles you post. Kudos to you M’am!


94 posted on 07/27/2018 4:17:17 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Candor7

Thank you!


95 posted on 07/27/2018 5:42:56 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Do it, it makes sense and everyone agrees except elected Democrats and the media.


96 posted on 07/27/2018 8:51:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Pas de quois mon amie! ( Grin!)


97 posted on 07/27/2018 9:28:55 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Brennan’s clearance yanked today. Bless you, Mr. President.


98 posted on 08/15/2018 1:33:07 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for President Trump, his family and Devin Nunes)
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