12 former top intelligence officials back Brennan, assail Trump's 'deeply regrettable' action
by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Aug 17, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON_In a remarkable rebuke to President Donald Trump, a dozen former U.S. intelligence chiefs signed a harshly worded letter Thursday in support of former CIA Director John Brennan after Trump abruptly revoked his security clearance.
"We feel compelled to respond in the wake of the ill-considered and unprecedented remarks and actions by the White House," reads the letter from the officials, who served both Democratic and Republican presidents.
They called Trump's action "inappropriate" and "deeply regrettable."
Signing the letter was a virtual who's who
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