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Trump Revokes Security Clearance Of Former CIA Head, Puts Other Critics On Notice

In addition to revoking the clearance of former CIA director and outspoken Trump critic John Brennan, Trump called for a review of the clearances of nine current and former officials.
Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan at a congressional hearing in 2017. President Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance claiming he was "erratic." Brennan has been one of Trump's harshest critics in the national security community.

President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan, an increasingly outspoken critic of the president.

Trump also called for a review of the clearances of nine other current and former national security officials. All have either criticized the president, been fired by him, been attacked by him on Twitter or

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