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'Really An Amazing Moment': Former Army Officer On Trump And Security Clearances

President Trump revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance this week. Brennan has been a Trump critic. Now, retired Navy Adm. William McRaven is asking Trump to revoke his clearance, too.
Navy Vice Adm. William McRaven, who as commander of Joint Special Operations Command had operational control of the SEAL Team Six mission to get Osama bin Laden, is pictured at a ceremony where President Barack Obama presented Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of Santa Fe, N.M., the Medal of Honor for his valor in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (Charles Dharapak/AP)

Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, who oversaw the raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, is asking President Trump to revoke his security clearance. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, he expressed solidarity with former CIA Director John Brennan after Trump revoked Brennan’s security clearance earlier this week.

“If you think for a moment that your McCarthy-era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, you are sadly mistaken,” McRaven writes. “The criticism will continue until you become the leader

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