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12 ex-intel officials slam Trump for 'ill-considered and unprecedented' action against Brennan
Fox News ^ | 08/17/18 | Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 08/17/2018 8:08:52 PM PDT by kevao

Twelve former senior intelligence officials issued a statement late Thursday criticizing President Trump’s “ill-considered and unprecedented” decision to strip former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance.

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To: pepsionice
"Just a curious question....how many Senators and former Senators are also holding Top Secret clearance business?"

And Johnny McClame lying their in a vegetative state, or dead. Been MIA since last December. Who knows what top secrets have been sucked from his dying brain.

41 posted on 08/17/2018 8:39:50 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Envisioning

Good point. And if we need more, I think someone once called that “shovel ready jobs.”


42 posted on 08/17/2018 8:41:28 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: originalbuckeye

My first clearance was cancelled when I was Honorably Discharged from the Corps.
My second one was cancelled when I quit working for JPL.

Rightfully so; I no longer had NEED to access any classified, secret, or top secret information.
The EXCUSE that they might need to be called back for any “institutional knowledge or information” that they had (it’s all carried in your head) is pure bull pucky, any one can be called back and asked questions about past practices, policies, actions, or procedures without having a clearance.
The people who are asking the questions just don’t go into current operations!


43 posted on 08/17/2018 8:43:34 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: mass55th

If you go and read the fine-print of the TS clearance, everytime you come across and get into any talks/discussion of depth with ‘foreigners’, it’s supposed to be reported to the security monitor. Are these guys actually doing that? If not, that’s a federal crime.

All these little overseas trips of McCain over the past decade? If he does hold a clearance, I’ll guarantee you that he never reported contacts.


44 posted on 08/17/2018 8:45:00 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: kevao

The skeet just keep launching into the air all by themselves.


45 posted on 08/17/2018 8:47:52 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: 5th MEB
Rightfully so; I no longer had NEED to access any classified, secret, or top secret information.

But you were stripped of your First-Amendment rights, or so I hear from Brennan, as he tweets on Twitter and pontificates on MSNBC.

For a guy who has no freedom of speech, I have to hear way to much from him!

46 posted on 08/17/2018 8:55:35 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: pepsionice
Thanks for the info on TS clearances. I never knew that about in depth discussions with foreigners...but it makes sense when it comes to national security.

Just found this on The Liberty Daily. Rand Paul says that Brennan leaked the name of an agent we had in Yemen:

Rand Paul: John Brennan Leaked The Name Of An Agent We Had In Yemen

47 posted on 08/17/2018 8:57:19 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: kevao; LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget; madison10; K-BAR; TADSLOS; calico_thompson; Mark17; ...
Check out these two links both by Jeff Carlson, who is pretty amazing for the analysis:

A Quiet Hero-NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers Retires

The Uncovering – Mike Rogers’ Investigation, Section 702 FISA Abuse & the FBI

The DOJ & FBI were fully aware that Rogers initiated a compliance review in April 2016. They were aware of the review’s relative status.

The DOJ & FBI were both aware of Carlin’s fraudulent September 26, 2016 submission of the Government’s proposed 2016 Section 702 certifications. They knew it contained material omissions.

The FBI and DOJ’s NSD were quite literally racing against Rogers’ Investigation in order to obtain a FISA Warrant on Carter Page.

Carlin specifically didn’t disclose his knowledge of FISA Abuse in the annual Section 702 certifications so as not to raise suspicions at the FISA Court pre-FISA Warrant.

The DOJ & FBI apply for – and receive – a Title I FISA warrant on Carter Page the same day Rogers apprises both Agencies of ongoing FISA violations.

Neither the DOJ or FBI inform the FISA Court of Rogers’ notification when they make their FISA Application on Page.

None of this would have been uncovered without the actions of Admiral Mike Rogers.


The reason I post this is that many people on this thread have made mention of the fact that for a lot of people, a security clearance is a real asset...a moneymaker. That is why many of these people are up in arms, this "perk" could be taken away.

Look at the timeline above, and you can see, smack dab in the middle of the greatest scandal this country have ever seen, there are "private contractors" up to their elbows in the NSA database, particularly the abuses of FISA data.

Equally telling is James Clapper's response when he finds out what Admiral Rogers is up to. He recommends that Admiral Rogers be fired.

Admiral Rogers may be one of the most important, yet unknown heroes of this effort that is going to collapse this leftist house of cards. God Bless that man.

And God Bless Donald Trump.

48 posted on 08/17/2018 8:59:23 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: pepsionice

Well said...and all of them who have been discovered along the way abusing this privilege have essentially put on their “mole pajamas” and are crying because they know the sword is coming for them

And that right soon

Next!


49 posted on 08/17/2018 9:04:08 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: kevao

aka “MeNext”


50 posted on 08/17/2018 9:04:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: kevao

exactly ... add them to the revocation list too!


51 posted on 08/17/2018 9:08:31 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: rlmorel

Thanks for that timeline.

Time to buy stock in rope making companies!


52 posted on 08/17/2018 9:15:12 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: kevao

And twelve more members of the swamp, volunteering for duty...

...to trash Trump for doing what was called for.

These swamp folks are sure helping us identify them.


53 posted on 08/17/2018 9:15:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: kevao

Twelve more security clearances that should be stripped....

Immediately.
The Deep State operatives are self-identifying for US.


54 posted on 08/17/2018 9:19:22 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DoughtyOne
These swamp folks are sure helping us identify them.

It's a most unique quality of President Trump. His enemies become moths to a flame. Zap!

55 posted on 08/17/2018 9:20:07 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: kevao

The guy seems to reel them in. They to a man think they are the one to bring him down. Fools...

I agree with your moth take too.

If he were to have done nothing more, his ability to clearly lay out who they are vs loyal citizens was magnificent.


56 posted on 08/17/2018 9:24:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: kevao

This is getting to be a three ring circus. Men and women fought and died to defend this nation. Both of my parents were WWII veterans. We are a country gone mad. We need to repent and ask the Lord to put us back together again . . .HIS WAY.


57 posted on 08/17/2018 9:35:08 PM PDT by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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To: kevao

I sped through this rather quickly...do we know

who THE TWELVE ARE?

I would like to know so I could see just how deep this damn Deep State is and who inhabits it.

And yes, they should have clearances revoked, but

WHO THE HECK ARE THEY?


58 posted on 08/17/2018 9:41:26 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: 5th MEB
All true.
And it applies to the moles now outing themselves on this forum.

Semper Fidelis, 3d Bn 4th Marines S2 shop

59 posted on 08/17/2018 9:41:42 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: kevao

Why does anyone retain a security clearance after it is needed?


60 posted on 08/17/2018 9:43:20 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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