The White House has decided to revoke the security clearance of a critic. At a rare press briefing today, Sarah Sanders announced that John Brennan, the CIA chief under Barack Obama was having his security clearance revoked because of “erratic behavior and “frenzied commentary.”
Interesting standard https://t.co/fjK2NSywHx
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 15, 2018
John Brennan appeared last night on MSNBC, where he called Trump "dangerous to our nation." A day later, Trump pulls his security clearance. Here's the video: https://t.co/55WohLuVQq
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) August 15, 2018
Brennan has long been outspoken in his criticism of Donald Trump calling his comments “imbecilic” and after the latest Trump-Putin press conference, the former spy chief said the president’s actions “exceeds the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors” and “treasonous.”
"I’ve exercised my constitutional authority to deny Mr. Brennan access to classified information,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, revoking the security clearance of former Obama administration CIA director John Brennan. pic.twitter.com/ExjpwfIGgm
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2018