BREAKING NEWS: Trump strips ex-CIA chief John Brennan of security clearances

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[h=2]BREAKING NEWS: Trump strips ex-CIA chief John Brennan of security clearances for 'wild outbursts on the Internet' and orders review of other Russia critics – including Comey and Peter Strzok[/h]

• Press secretary Sarah Sanders read a statement from the president removing the security clearances of the former CIA chief
• Brennan is a longtime agent who ran the agency under President Obama and during the Osama bin Laden raid
• He served under Republican and Democratic presidents and has become a frequent Trump critic on Twitter
• Sanders read a list of figures whose clearances are under review
• They include: James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr
• Brennan tweeted that Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin was 'treasonous'
• Ohr is a current high level Justice Department official

 

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President Donald Trump is stripping former CIA chief John Brennan of his security clearance, in an extraordinary slap at one of his foremost public critics.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the stunning move from the White House podium on Wednesday, as the building was engulfed in controversy over the new tell-all book penned by former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman.
She pushed back at repeated questioning about why each of the officials has been a prominent Trump critic or otherwise features in the Russia probe.
Among the offenses the statement cited were that Brennan 'leveraged his status' and made 'unfounded and outrageous allegations.' She cited 'wild outbursts on the Internet and television' and 'increasingly frenzied commentary' – turning the tables on a critic just a day after the president called Omarosa a 'dog' on Twitter.

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced the decision on Brennan's clearnaces from the White House podium

She also said a list of officials had their clearances 'under review.' Among them are fired former FBI director James Comey, fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, and current Justice Department official Bruce Ohr.
All are prominent Trump critics, and each has played a role in the Russia probe Trump has termed a 'witch hunt.'
The conversation-changing move came a day after Sanders refused to guarantee from the White podium that Trump would not be found on video using the 'n word' an unproven claim from Omarosa's new book.
It also came just hours after Sanders had to make an extraordinary apology after listing African American unemployment figures that were off by nearly 3 million. Her online apology was issued on Twitter, and she was not asked to explain or take account for it at the briefing.

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Ex CIA chief John Brennan has been a harsh critic of Trump's and has called him a virtual puppet of Vladimir Putin

She fielded just a single Omarosa question as reporters in the room processed the unexpected information.
Brennan, among other things, has said on TV and online that Trump is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was among a handful of officials who were present and briefed in the earliest stages of the government's Russia probe of Trump officials during the campaign.
'Any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with Mr. Brennan are now outweighed by the risk posed by his erratic conduct and behavior,' Sanders said.
The move came after Brennan admonished Trump for calling Omarosa a 'dog.'
'It’s astounding how often you fail to live up to minimum standards of decency, civility, & probity,' Brennan commented on Trump's tweet. 'Seems like you will never understand what it means to be president, nor what it takes to be a good, decent, & honest person. So disheartening, so dangerous for our Nation,' he wrote.

 

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Brennan tweeted: 'Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors.' It was nothing short of treasonous.'

Sanders laid out the case in a lengthy statement just as reporters were girding to press her on Manigault Newman's secret tapings of Trump and his aides.
'Mr. Brennan has a history that calls into question his objectivity and credibility. In 2014, for example, he denied to Congress that CIA officials under his supervision had improperly accessed the computer files of congressional staffers. He told the Council on Foreign Relations that the CIA would never do such a thing. The CIA's inspector general, however, contradicted Mr. Brennan directly, concluding unequivocally that officials had indeed improperly accessed the computer files of congressional staffers.
More recently Mr. Brennan told Congress that the intelligence community did not make use of the so-called "Steele Dossier" in an assessment regarding the 2016 election, an assertion contradicted by at least two other senior officials in the intelligence community and all of the facts,' she said.
[h=3]Criticism of Trump[/h]John Brennan called the President Trump's comments in his press conference with Vladimir Putin 'treasonous.'
Brennan tweeted: 'Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors.' It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump's comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???'
James Comey wrote a book 'A Higher Loyalty' about his time as FBI director and how Trump fired him. His firing resulted in the special counsel examining whether the president was obstructing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.
Comey said of Trump: 'My impression was he looked exactly like he did on television, except he looked shorter to me than he did on television, but otherwise exactly the same.'
Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration, said of his firing: 'I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey.'
James Clapper said in December of Trump and Putin's relationship that Putin, a former KBG operative 'knows how to handle an asset, and that's what he's doing with the president.'
Michael Hayden responded to a Trump tweet in November attacking CNN and praising Fox News with: 'If this is who we are or who we are becoming, I have wasted 40 years of my life. Until now it was not possible for me to conceive of an American President capable of such an outrageous assault on truth, a free press or the first amendment.'
Susan Rice denied a report that she used intelligence for political purposes: 'Absolutely not for any political purposes, to spy, expose, anything.' She also denied leaking any information about former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn: 'I leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would.'

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'Additionally, Mr. Brennan has recently leveraged his status as a former high-ranking official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations,' she continued. 'Mr. Brennan's lying and recent conduct, characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary, is totally inconsistent with access to the nation's most closely held secrets and facilities.'
She added: 'I have also begun to review the more general question of the access to classified information by government officials. As part of this review, I am evaluating action with respect to the following individuals: James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr. Security clearances for those who still have them may be revoked, and those who have already lost their security clearance may not be able to have it reinstated.'
Comey hasn't had a security clearance for many months. McCabe, a former top FBI official, had his clearance deactivated when he was fired from the FBI, said his spokesman Melissa Schwartz when Sanders first said clearances were on the table.
John McLaughlin, the former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, slammed the decision on MSNBC – and noted that the action could lead to a court case if Brennan wants to push the issue.
He said the message was: 'Be careful what you say if you have a clearance and if you're worried about having it revoked.'
The move comes as the White House also was reeling from criticism that it forced aides to sign non-disclosure agreements that prohibit them from disparaging the president.
Brennan was blasting Trump on the MSNBC airwaves shortly before Sanders announced the move.
He said Trump had 'badly sullied' the office of the presidency and 'befriending of autocratic governments. He called Trump 'the most divisive president we’ve ever had in the Oval Office.'

 

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Drain that swamp!

 

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Excellent. This should hurt Brennan's ability to make money by working for the deep state

 

[Greenbacks]

Fuck that piece of shit CNN cock sucker.

MAGA

 

[Willie99]

Waited way too long, this asshole has made himself an unreliable useless lying POS, brings NOTHING to the table.

Taking out the liberal trash

 

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Fuck you Brennan....Bye bye big mouth.

 

[Willie99]

MAGA, Another One Bites the Dust

I fucking love Donald Trump

 

[SheriffJoe]

There have to be a few good duhhhhhhfinch John Brennan threads we can bump.

k:

 

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[FONT=&quot] Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 31m31 minutes agoMore


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[FONT=&quot]“John Brennan is a stain on the Country, we deserve better than this.” Former Secret Service Agent and author of new book, “Spygate, the Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump,” Dan Bongino. Thank you Dan, and good luck with the book!
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This is part of draining the swamp. Get rid of the rodents of unusual size.

 

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Obama's minions, i.e. Susan Rice, Brennan, Clapper, etc. all still had top secret security clearances long after leaving their government posts. There is no reason that private citizens should have access to that type of information.

 

[Greenbacks]

Drain the sewer

DaFlunky

 

[Greenbacks]

Mark Levin

Fox news....Good stuff

 

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• Sanders read a list of other critics whose clearances are under review
• They include James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr

Get rid of these rodents

 

[Greenbacks]

Peter Strzok you gotta be kidding

Revoke this clown

 

[Greenbacks]

Revoke cloudy & DaFlunky.

2 very dangerous people

 

[REDEYE]

what's funny here is the narrative is Trump is dong this to shut Brennan up .. This doesn't shut Brennan up. he can run his mouth all he wants.. But what it does is what it is , he has no security clearance..