Current Events > Trump threatens to revoke security clearances of ex-U.S. intel chiefs

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Who criticized him

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-revoke-security-clearances-former-u-s-intel-chiefs-criticized-195018748.html
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Why must we be on this timeline
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He's petty as fuck

CableZL posted...

Why must we be on this timeline

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Thanks Hilary.

It was nothing short of treasonous, Brennan tweeted.

Uh oh, better take away Brennan's clearance before he starts leaking other Top Secret information!!
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lol

Never seen sanders speak before, I've avoided it this whole time. But her quote "The president's never accused the president of inappropriate contact with a foreign government"
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The truth hurts Trump he is a traitor and his Russia meeting was treason but crap as republicans wont do anything
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A President can be critized. Trump knows this he use to criticize them all the time.
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I'm not sure why ex-intel people would still have clearances in the first place (unless this is even pettier than it seems and he wants to retroactively revoke clearances), but boy this sure seems like pure political pettiness!
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What about the AMD chiefs?
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dirtycommunist posted...

I'm not sure why ex-intel people would still have clearances in the first place (unless this is even pettier than it seems and he wants to retroactively revoke clearances), but boy this sure seems like pure political pettiness!

Because even if they're not working for the federal government directly, they might be working for contractors where their clearance plays a huge role into their activity. At the very least, maintaining an active clearance gives them the opportunity to more easily pursue such jobs if they want to.

EDIT: They may not even maintain it still, but clearances are good by default for a certain amount of time from the most recent (re)investigation. John Brennan left office in 2017, for instance. If he had just renewed his clearance before then, it would still be active to this day, even though it looks like he's just a consultant for MSNBC now and he may not even use it/need it.
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I'm not sure why an ex-intel chief should have clearance, but that's sort of neither here nor there.

Hexenherz posted...

dirtycommunist posted...

I'm not sure why ex-intel people would still have clearances in the first place (unless this is even pettier than it seems and he wants to retroactively revoke clearances), but boy this sure seems like pure political pettiness!

Because even if they're not working for the federal government directly, they might be working for contractors where their clearance plays a huge role into their activity. At the very least, maintaining an active clearance gives them the opportunity to more easily pursue such jobs if they want to.

EDIT: They may not even maintain it still, but clearances are good by default for a certain amount of time from the most recent (re)investigation. John Brennan left office in 2017, for instance. If he had just renewed his clearance before then, it would still be active to this day, even though it looks like he's just a consultant for MSNBC now and he may not even use it/need it.

Yeah this is mostly what I figured. And it's not like just because you have clearance you still have actual access to information, unless as you said you are working as a contractor, as you said, and getting specific things.
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Hexenherz posted...

It was nothing short of treasonous, Brennan tweeted.

Uh oh, better take away Brennan's clearance before he starts leaking other Top Secret information!!

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Were_Wyrm posted...

What about the AMD chiefs?

Still waiting on an update...........
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Aye posted...

He's petty as fuck

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Can we remove Trumps security clearances? He is under investigation for collusion with a hostile foreign government he shouldnt be allowed to do anything
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HylianFox posted...

Aye posted...

He's petty as fuck

Thats what happens when youre bitch made like trump
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