Trump Wants To Take Away Former Intelligence Agency Employees Security Clearances

[Fort Fun Indiana]

These folks can be important sources of information.
Brennan served under several presidents, both Democratic and republican.

Brennan supported Soviet Union during Cold War.

I admit, one of the fascinating things about this site is watching the talking points filter down in a matter of hours from paid strategists to the trump dead-enders, only to be regurgutated here, faithfully and mindlessly.

Like, your post.

 

[blastoff]

Sooo he wants to take away the 1st Amendment rights of former federal employees to be able to talk about their life experiences because he doesn't like what they have to say. His excuses is they are making money off of it and that what they are saying is lies.

So a couple of things here... Almost EVERY former higher up federal employee have done interviews, done speeches, and written books after their retirement. That includes former Presidents. Why is Trump picking on ONLY people saying bad things about him? Shouldn't this be a universal decision to take it away from ALL FORMER federal employees?

The second and largest thing is, they are using the excuse that it is inappropriate to criticize Trump because of their former position and that they are doing so without any evidence. Well then does Trump want them to instead go on air and tell the truth and all the stuff they know whether it is Top Secret information? What a chicken shit thing for the White House to say... "You can't criticize the President about something you aren't showing proof of" when they KNOW that they can't share the Top Secret information they DO KNOW.

Boy you sure fucked that up.

President Trump isn’t taking away anyone’s 1st Amendment rights. He’s taking away their access to the country’s top secrets. They’re still free to say whatever the hell they want about anything they want, dipshit.

 

[MindWars]

Sooo he wants to take away the 1st Amendment rights of former federal employees to be able to talk about their life experiences because he doesn't like what they have to say. His excuses is they are making money off of it and that what they are saying is lies.

So a couple of things here... Almost EVERY former higher up federal employee have done interviews, done speeches, and written books after their retirement. That includes former Presidents. Why is Trump picking on ONLY people saying bad things about him? Shouldn't this be a universal decision to take it away from ALL FORMER federal employees?

The second and largest thing is, they are using the excuse that it is inappropriate to criticize Trump because of their former position and that they are doing so without any evidence. Well then does Trump want them to instead go on air and tell the truth and all the stuff they know whether it is Top Secret information? What a chicken shit thing for the White House to say... "You can't criticize the President about something you aren't showing proof of" when they KNOW that they can't share the Top Secret information they DO KNOW.

WHAT MORON DOES NOT KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO NOT WORK AT A PLACE ANY LONGER YOU DO NOT GET TO KEEP A SECURITY CLEARANCE YOU ASSHOLES!!!
OH YEAH A TRUMP HATING MORON WOULDN'T KNOW.

When someone leave the military with a s.c. of lets say TOP SEC. they don't keep that once they leave .

Are you Trump haters really, really that gawd dam fkn stupid ..............WAIT FOR IT...............WAIT FOR IT


YES YOU ARE REAL STUPID FKS CALL UP ANY MILITARY RECRUIT CENTER AND ASH THEM IF THEY CAN KEEP THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCE ONCE THEY LEAVE GAWD UR IDIOTS.

 

[MindWars]

He's flailing badly. Very badly. Things are getting way toooooo close!

IVANKA AND JARED AREN'T MONETIZING THEIR SECURITY CLEARNANCES??

Sarah Sanders: Trump considering pulling security clearances for Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Hayden, Rice and McCabe

BRAD REED
23 JUL 2018 AT 14:52 ET



Aaron Rupar

✔@atrupar
replying to @atrupar

Sanders says Trump is considering taking away security clearances from Brennen, Comey, McCabe, Clapper, and Rice "because in some cases they have monetized their security clearances."

2:49 PM - Jul 23, 2018

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Sarah Sanders: Trump considering pulling security clearances for Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Hayden, Rice and McCabe

RAW STORY LMFAO , the site that gloathe child molerster and tries normalizing it. You would use that as your source you use them all the time what a stupid fk you are.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Donnie dotard is just digging himself a deeper hole. Give him all the rope he needs...let him show his ass.....

 

[Lewdog]

Sooo he wants to take away the 1st Amendment rights of former federal employees to be able to talk about their life experiences because he doesn't like what they have to say. His excuses is they are making money off of it and that what they are saying is lies.

So a couple of things here... Almost EVERY former higher up federal employee have done interviews, done speeches, and written books after their retirement. That includes former Presidents. Why is Trump picking on ONLY people saying bad things about him? Shouldn't this be a universal decision to take it away from ALL FORMER federal employees?

The second and largest thing is, they are using the excuse that it is inappropriate to criticize Trump because of their former position and that they are doing so without any evidence. Well then does Trump want them to instead go on air and tell the truth and all the stuff they know whether it is Top Secret information? What a chicken shit thing for the White House to say... "You can't criticize the President about something you aren't showing proof of" when they KNOW that they can't share the Top Secret information they DO KNOW.

WHAT MORON DOES NOT KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO NOT WORK AT A PLACE ANY LONGER YOU DO NOT GET TO KEEP A SECURITY CLEARANCE YOU ASSHOLES!!!
OH YEAH A TRUMP HATING MORON WOULDN'T KNOW.

When someone leave the military with a s.c. of lets say TOP SEC. they don't keep that once they leave .

Are you Trump haters really, really that gawd dam fkn stupid ..............WAIT FOR IT...............WAIT FOR IT


YES YOU ARE REAL STUPID FKS CALL UP ANY MILITARY RECRUIT CENTER AND ASH THEM IF THEY CAN KEEP THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCE ONCE THEY LEAVE GAWD UR IDIOTS.

Shows how much you know... This is the FIRST TIME anyone has ever taken away someone's security clearance. They keep them for a reason, and it has been reported all over the news. Of course you don't know why, because Alex Jones is suspended from Twitter and you can't have him tell you what to think.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Omarosa played Trump like a banjo. It is obvious. On Tuesday, the networks were ablaze about the contents of Omarosa's book and whether or not there was a tape of Donald saying the "N" word, as if this were some huge national security issue. Trump's moronic, racist, highly insensitive tweets about the former White House official were being repeated ad nauseam on every network.

To rid himself of a pesky, embarrassing issue, on Wednesday, Trump committed an impeachable act. He punished an American citizen for exercising a fundamental First Amendment right and he threatened others for disagreeing with him.

Let's take this by the numbers.

1. Trump says the free press is the real enemy of the people. "The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" -Donald J. Trump

2. Trump has not held a news conference in a month. He is hiding out from reporters, meaning he is avoiding the eyes and ears of the American people.

3. Trump revoked the security clearance of John Brennan, former CIA director, because of Brennan's political views.

4. Expressing one's political views is the hallmark of American democracy and an essential freedom.

Trump said in a statement Wednesday he is still considering revoking the security clearances of several others for their political views: former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA director and National Security Agency chief Michael Hayden, former deputy attorney general Sally Yates, former national security adviser Susan Rice, former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, former FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, and Bruce Ohr, a current Justice Department official.

The White House provided no evidence that Brennan has misused his security clearance since leaving government.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, the top Trump-appointed intelligence official, was not consulted on revoking Brennan's clearance, neither was Gina Haspel, current CIA director.

If the President of the United States punishes a person or persons for exercising their inalienable rights without cause that is an impeachable offense. Trump is President at the pleasure of the American people. He is answerable to the American people. He may think so temporarily because of the meekness of Republicans in Congress, but Trump is not an autocrat.

This all came about for two reasons. First and foremost, Trump's abject stupidity. Revoking their security clearances will not shut anyone up. If anything, they will become more vocal. There is no evidence any Trump critic revealed classified information.

Second, the endeavors of an unreliable opportunist. The nation owes Omarosa a debt of gratitude.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Republican Party has joined the dark side. Trump punished Brennan for exercising his First Amendment rights, political speech. Though being critical of Trump, Brennan has not divulged classified information. Trump punished Brennan for being critical of him, and a number of Republicans support Trump in his infringement of First Amendment rights.

This is surreal.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the chamber's second-ranking Republican, said he doesn't understand why former employees have access to classified information at all. Perhaps it is because the persons on Trump's enemies list have over 300 years combined experience in political and intelligence matters.

GOP Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado called Brennan's comments on the administration "disgraceful" to the country.
"I think what John Brennan has said about this country over the past several months has been disgraceful," Gardner said. Brennan has not been critical of the country. He has been critical of Trump. Gardner's intelligence may be an issue. What a foolish statement.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott responded, "why should I find it to be troubling. I don't think it's retribution," Scott said. "However, I think it's clear that Brennan has found a way to monetize a part of his national security clearance and I'm not sure how that served our national security." What politician hasn't done that? Is Scott really that naive or does he think the folks in South Carolina are stupid?

South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Brennan brought it upon himself. "I think Mr. Brennan brought this upon himself by being so outrageous in his comments, making conclusions that I don't think are supported by the evidence. When you look at CIA policy of how a former director should carry themselves, I think Mr. Brennan stepped well over the line."

Now that is interesting, coming from Graham. Brennan said this about Helsinki. "Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors.' It was nothing short of treasonous," Brennan, obviously, was not in government when he said that.

Lindsey Graham, a sitting Senator and a member of Trump's party, had this to say about Helsinki. “Missed opportunity by President Trump to firmly hold Russia accountable for 2016 meddling and deliver a strong warning ... This answer by President Trump will be seen by Russia as a sign of weakness and create far more problems than it solves.”

That sure sounds treasonous to me.

“Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate ... The summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake. No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” Republican Senator John McCain.

At Helsinki Trump rejected the American intelligence community and accepted Putin's word because he was forceful. “The Russians are not our friends and I entirely believe the assessment of our intelligence community.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

“The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally. There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals.” House Speaker Paul Ryan.

To Cornyn, Gardner, Scott, Graham, I have only one question. What did Brennan get wrong?

Now the guileless Trump admits to the Wall Street Journal that the Russian probe was the reason for the action taken against Brennan. In other words the spineless Republicans are now cheering Trump's attempt at obstruction of justice.

As a Republican this is making me sick.

 

[The Purge]

There are NO FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS taken away, but ,Brennen should be indicted on several counts....

 

[BigTruck]

Brennan didn’t have access to top secret information anyway, since he no longer has the job that required it.

All this does is prohibit him from being a consultant on any matter that would require him to have a clearance. It’s a superficial act. The clearance could be easily restored, if it ever became imperative that he be consulted on any matter that would require him to have access to sensitive information.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Omarosa played Trump like a banjo. It is obvious. On Tuesday, the networks were ablaze about the contents of Omarosa's book and whether or not there was a tape of Donald saying the "N" word, as if this were some huge national security issue. Trump's moronic, racist, highly insensitive tweets about the former White House official were being repeated ad nauseam on every network.

To rid himself of a pesky, embarrassing issue, on Wednesday, Trump committed an impeachable act. He punished an American citizen for exercising a fundamental First Amendment right and he threatened others for disagreeing with him.

Let's take this by the numbers.

1. Trump says the free press is the real enemy of the people. "The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" -Donald J. Trump

2. Trump has not held a news conference in a month. He is hiding out from reporters, meaning he is avoiding the eyes and ears of the American people.

3. Trump revoked the security clearance of John Brennan, former CIA director, because of Brennan's political views.

4. Expressing one's political views is the hallmark of American democracy and an essential freedom.

Trump said in a statement Wednesday he is still considering revoking the security clearances of several others for their political views: former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA director and National Security Agency chief Michael Hayden, former deputy attorney general Sally Yates, former national security adviser Susan Rice, former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, former FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, and Bruce Ohr, a current Justice Department official.

The White House provided no evidence that Brennan has misused his security clearance since leaving government.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, the top Trump-appointed intelligence official, was not consulted on revoking Brennan's clearance, neither was Gina Haspel, current CIA director.

If the President of the United States punishes a person or persons for exercising their inalienable rights without cause that is an impeachable offense. Trump is President at the pleasure of the American people. He is answerable to the American people. He may think so temporarily because of the meekness of Republicans in Congress, but Trump is not an autocrat.

This all came about for two reasons. First and foremost, Trump's abject stupidity. Revoking their security clearances will not shut anyone up. If anything, they will become more vocal. There is no evidence any Trump critic revealed classified information.

Second, the endeavors of an unreliable opportunist. The nation owes Omarosa a debt of gratitude.

The first intimations that Trump might harbor a dark secret originated among America’s European allies, which, being situated closer to Russia, have had more experience fending off its nefarious encroachments. In 2015, Western European intelligence agencies began picking up evidence of communications between the Russian government and people in Donald Trump’s orbit. In April 2016, one of the Baltic states shared with then–CIA director John Brennan an audio recording of Russians discussing funneling money to the Trump campaign. In the summer of 2016, Robert Hannigan, head of the U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ, flew to Washington to brief Brennan on intercepted communications between the Trump campaign and Russia.


The contents of these communications have not been disclosed, but what Brennan learned obviously unsettled him profoundly. In congressional testimony on Russian election interference last year, Brennan hinted that some Americans might have betrayed their country. “Individuals who go along a treasonous path,” he warned, “do not even realize they’re along that path until it gets to be a bit too late.” In an interview this year, he put it more bluntly: “I think [Trump] is afraid of the president of Russia. The Russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult.”


While the fact that the former CIA director has espoused this theory hardly proves it, perhaps we should give more credence to the possibility that Brennan is making these extraordinary charges of treason and blackmail at the highest levels of government because he knows something we don’t.

What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Why do former employees EVER have security clearance ?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There is no more what if. We know that Brennan is a seditious piece of crap.

 

[JGalt]

These folks can be important sources of information.
Brennan served under several presidents, both Democratic and republican.

These folks can be important sources of disinformation.
Brennan lied to several presidents, both Democratic and Republican.

Fixed that for ya. You're welcome.

 

[Political Junky]

These folks can be important sources of information.
Brennan served under several presidents, both Democratic and republican.

These folks can be important sources of disinformation.
Brennan lied to several presidents, both Democratic and Republican.

Fixed that for ya. You're welcome.