Trump revokes security clearance for former CIA Director Brennan, and has 9 more critics in his sights
by Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
Aug 15, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he was revoking the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent and frequent critic, citing what the president called his "erratic conduct and behavior."
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the announcement at the start of a previously unscheduled media briefing at the White House. She said Trump is also considering taking the same highly unusual action against nine additional former national security officials - and Trump critics - who served in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.
Those individuals are former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; former FBI Director James B. Comey;
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