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President Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances from ex-officials including former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.
Sanders said Trump believes the former officials "politicized" their positions by accusing Trump of inappropriate contact with Russia, and she said in some cases they "monetized their clearances," without clarifying what she meant.
"The fact that people with security clearances are making baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence," Sanders said. She also said Trump was eyeing clearances held by former NSA Director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.
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applegrove
(118,636 posts)top intelligence officials.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)Sophia4
(3,515 posts)We need a massive number of Democratic voters this Fall.
Stop the incessant complaining about anyone who we might possibly persuade to vote Democratic in November. Just stop it. The circular firing squad has too end. It is hurting everyone.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)applegrove
(118,636 posts)'baseless accusations'. They showed a video of Michael Flynn calling Hillary crooked.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)So who's going to have them bc none of his brood can get the real goods.
moondust
(19,976 posts)Aren't they all "former" officials? If they no longer need access to classified intelligence then why would they need a clearance?
bpj62
(999 posts)Most of these people are life long intel community experts. They are often brought in to give advice on certain scenarios. If they don't have the clearance they cannot view the Intel.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)if needed. I doubt if they have ever gotten much. Trump is doing this out of pure spite.
applegrove
(118,636 posts)More likely he needs to see which way the wind blows so he can run as a compationate conservative for President some day. Wolf Blitzer holding his feet to the fire. Rubio answers each question by recapping the situation and not taking a side.
I would think it would be a no brainer: former top level intelligence people are an asset to intelligence organizations. It is a small community. Why make it smaller?