went to check his Karen Tumulty/WaPo connections and found his love letter about Brennan in WaPo and wondered if Tumulty had actually written it. this doesn’t say she did, but I imagine she at least edited it. same BI writer:
21 Dec 2019: Business Insider: A Navy SEAL admiral was so troubled by Trump’s revoking security clearances that he dictated his fiery column while on a remote vacation
by DAVID CHOI
During his vacation, McRaven learned Trump’s White House had revoked former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, the national-security journalist Peter Bergen wrote in a new book.
Having limited access to the internet and mobile phone coverage, McRaven scouted for a signal to make a call to a Washington Post columnist.
He dictated a letter that would later be published in the newspaper...
McRaven scouted for a location to place a phone call, according to Bergen’s research, and dialed the number to the Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty. The two had known each other since high school, according to “The Cost of Chaos.”
McRaven then dictated a letter that would later be published in The Post. McRaven described Brennan as “one of the finest public servants” and dared the White House to revoke his own security clearance...
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/william-mcraven-cell-phone-signal-colorado-vacation-brennan-2019-12?r=US&IR=T
16 Aug 2018: Facebook: Karen Tumulty, WaPo
BREAKING: Admiral Bill McRaven commanded the raid that killed bin Laden. Now, he asks Trump to revoke his security cearance, “so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.”
LINK WaPo
https://m.facebook.com/karentumultywapo/posts/1878722615756769/
behind paywall:
WaPo Op-ed: William H. McRaven: Revoke my security clearance too, Mr. President
I know John Brennan. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, honesty and character...
OTHER FAKENEWSMSM PICKED UP THE PIECE.
17 Aug 2018: Vox: Leader of bin Laden raid tells Trump: revoke my clearance, too
by Jen Kirby
The retired Navy admiral has, however, criticized the president before. At a University of Texas talk in February 2017, he said that Trump calling the press the “enemy of the people” was one of the “gravest threats” to democracy...
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/17/17715014/john-brennan-security-clearance-mcraven-bin-laden-trump
See 33 and 36.