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Some 175 former officials criticize Trump on Brennan revocation
For those who still don't understand this (which is, not surprisingly, the majority of those on here), this is not a partisan issue. The issues are national security, intelligence and abuse of power issue.
Why "abuse of power"...since I am sure most of you won't understand this either...just because the President has an authority does not mean he should use it. A process is in place for the revocation of security clearances...the President (as usual) ignored the process.
Maybe the best thing that will come out of this disgraceful Presidency are some new restraints on executive power. Everything you "conservatives" b!tched about under Obama pales in comparison to what Trump is doing.
(Reuters) - More than 175 former State Department and Pentagon officials added their names to a statement signed by national security officials criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan.
New signatories to the statement, which was initially issued last week by 15 former directors and deputy chiefs of the CIA and Office of Director of National Intelligence, include former political appointees and career civil servants. They worked under both Democratic and Republican presidents.
Among the most prominent individuals to sign a new version of the statement released on Monday by senior officials from the George W. Bush and Obama administrations are former State Department and National Security Counsel lawyer John Bellinger, former Deputy Secretaries of State Anthony Blinken and William Burns, former Undersecretaries of State Nicholas Burns, Wendy Sherman and Thomas Pickering.
Also, former National Security Agency general counsel Robert Deitz, former National Counterterrorism Center directors Michael Leiter and Nick Rasmussen, former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake and former NATO commander Admiral James Stavridis.
While those signing may not agree with all of Brennan’s public attacks on Trump, the statement reads, they believe that “the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied” before expert former officials are allowed to voice their views.
For those who still don't understand this (which is, not surprisingly, the majority of those on here), this is not a partisan issue. The issues are national security, intelligence and abuse of power issue.
Why "abuse of power"...since I am sure most of you won't understand this either...just because the President has an authority does not mean he should use it. A process is in place for the revocation of security clearances...the President (as usual) ignored the process.
Maybe the best thing that will come out of this disgraceful Presidency are some new restraints on executive power. Everything you "conservatives" b!tched about under Obama pales in comparison to what Trump is doing.