Trump Weighs Revoking Security Clearances for Comey, Brennan

Dude61

President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan and other former Obama administration national security officials who have criticized him, Bloomberg News reports.

The president is “exploring the mechanism” to remove their access to classified information because of criticism the officials have leveled against his conduct of relations with Russia, said White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.

“They’ve politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances, making baseless accusations of improper contact with Russia or being influenced by Russia against the president is extremely inappropriate,” Sanders said.


Prudent move the President Trump. It is clear the DOJ and FBI are politicized and and undermining the adiminstration.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/trump-weighing-revoking-security-clearances-for-comey-brennan

oregonblitzkrieg

It's ridiculous these fucking stooges still have any clearance at all. Another failure of the government.

2001400ex

oregonblitzkrieg said:

It's ridiculous these fucking stooges still have any clearance at all. Another failure of the government.

Definitely not overreach of political power to rid our internal watchdog of anyone who criticizes you.

insinceredawg

2001400ex said:

oregonblitzkrieg said:

It's ridiculous these fucking stooges still have any clearance at all. Another failure of the government.

Definitely not overreach of political power to rid our internal watchdog of anyone who criticizes you.

I remember when OBK was scared of a totalitarian and authoritarian government. What changed?

oregonblitzkrieg

insinceredawg said:

2001400ex said:

oregonblitzkrieg said:

It's ridiculous these fucking stooges still have any clearance at all. Another failure of the government.

Definitely not overreach of political power to rid our internal watchdog of anyone who criticizes you.

I remember when OBK was scared of a totalitarian and authoritarian government. What changed?

Revoking the security clearance of two leaking ass clowns is not totalitarian. Plus Brennan has stated that Jihad is legitimate political expression. So fuck him, and fuck you too.

Sledog

2001400ex said:

oregonblitzkrieg said:

It's ridiculous these fucking stooges still have any clearance at all. Another failure of the government.

Definitely not overreach of political power to rid our internal watchdog of anyone who criticizes you.

You mean stop those attempting to overthrow our government from succeeding? That's what going on here. Ding! Apple pies are done!

ThomasFremont

Suddenly we care about security clearances again. What’s it like to have no independent thought and just continually getting led around in circles like a stupid pack animal?

USMChawk

If you’re fired you no longer have a ‘need to know’ and you shouldn’t have access to sensitive information. Having a clearance, but no need to know, should have been sufficient to prevent access. Obviously someone was feeding them intel and breaching their own clearance in order to do so.

Pitchfork51

The problem with politics is that everyone wants to get rid of the DC political elite but by the time someone can actually do it they are one of them.